Sammatti Explained

Sammatti
Official Name:Finnish: Sammatin kunta
Swedish: Sammatti kommun
Settlement Type:Former municipality
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Uusimaa
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region)
Extinct Title:Consolidated with Lohja
Extinct Date:2009
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:85.06
Area Land Km2:72.01
Area Water Km2:13.05
Population As Of:2008-12-31
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1365
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics1 Footnotes:[3]
Demographics Type2:Population by age
Demographics2 Footnotes:[4]
Demographics2 Title1:0 to 14
Demographics2 Info1:18.8%
Demographics2 Title2:15 to 64
Demographics2 Info2:65.1%
Demographics2 Title3:65 or older
Demographics2 Info3:16.0%
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Dfb
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:60.3208°N 23.8208°W

Sammatti (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈsɑmːɑtːi/) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Lohja in the beginning of 2009.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,365 (31 December 2008) and covered a land area of . The population density was .

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

It was the birthplace of one of Finland's most famous writers, Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Kalevala.[5]

Villages

Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2009, Sammatti contained of the following villages:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suomen pinta-ala kunnittain 1.1.2008 . 29 June 2011 . Land Survey of Finland . PDF . Finnish, Swedish.
  2. Web site: Kuntien asukasluvut suuruusjärjestyksessä . 31 December 2008 . 29 June 2011 . Population Information System . Population Register Center of Finland . Finnish, Swedish . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110817031829/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=865&site=3&id=0 . 17 August 2011 .
  3. Web site: Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008 . 29 March 2009 . Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases . Statistics Finland .
  4. Web site: Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008 . 28 April 2009 . Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases . Statistics Finland .
  5. Web site: Lönnrot, Elias (1802–1884) . Majamaa . Raija . 2014 . The National Biography of Finland . 1 May 2016 .