Marttila

Municipality in Southwest Finland, Finland

Marttila S:t Mårtens
Municipality
Marttilan kunta S:t Mårtens kommun
A countryside of Marttila
Coat of arms
Location of Marttila in Finland
Coordinates: 60°35′N 022°54′E / 60.583°N 22.900°E / 60.583; 22.900
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Loimaa sub-region
Charter	1409
Named for	Martin of Tours
Government
• Municipal manager	Anne Ahtiainen
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	195.99 km² (75.67 sq mi)
• Land	195.31 km² (75.41 sq mi)
• Water	0.71 km² (0.27 sq mi)
• Rank	264th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	1,931
• Rank	260th largest in Finland
• Density	9.89/km² (25.6/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[3]
• Finnish	96.1% (official)
• Swedish	1%
• Others	2.9%
Population by age ^[4]
• 0 to 14	15.9%
• 15 to 64	56.3%
• 65 or older	27.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfc
Website	www.marttila.fi

Marttila (Finnish: [ˈmɑrtːilɑ]; Swedish: S:t Mårtens, i.e. "Saint Martin's") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,931 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 195.99 square kilometres (75.67 sq mi) of which 0.71 km² (0.27 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 9.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (25.6/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Marttila's neighbouring municipalities are Koski Tl, Lieto, Loimaa, Paimio, Pöytyä and Salo.

History

During the Swedish domestic war regarding who was to be king, an important battle took place here 29 August 1599. Troops under Axel Kurck, supporting king Sigismund were defeated by troops supported duke Karl, soon to be king Karl IX. Karl more or less already ruled Sweden and what is Finland nowadays, and Sigismund were based in Poland. There is a memorial, erected 1934, to be seen in Marttila. Martilla is along what at that time was called "Tavastlands Oxväg", in Finnish now posted as "Hämeen Härkätie", which in English translates to "Oxroad of Häme".

Notable people

Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (born 1943), politician; the former Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
Lauri Heikkilä (born 1957), politician
Simo Laaksonen (born 1998), racing driver

Gallery

Church
Borough hall
Lainamakasiinit
Nuorisoseurantalo

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.