Järvenpää

Järvenpää was separated from its parent city Tuusula in 1951. Järvenpää was named Kauppala after the separation. The fight over joining Kellokoski and Nummenkylä to the municipality of Järvenpää was so hard that, during past 50 years, people still argued about the towns Kellokoski and Nummenkylä joining Järvenpää. In the event, Kellokoski remained part of the municipality of Tuusula. Järvenpää became a city in 1967.

[edit] Location

Järvenpää is located on the Helsinki-Riihimäki railway track, some 37 kilometers north of Helsinki. Neighbouring cities are Tuusula, Sipoo and Mäntsälä. People also refer to Kerava as Järvenpää's neighbour, even though they do not technically share a border, thanks to the one kilometre-wide land area that belongs to Tuusula.

[edit] Traffic

Railway-station of Järvenpää

The railroad goes through the city centre. In addition to the main railway station, there are Kyrölä's, Saunakallio's, Haarajoki's and Purola's railway stations.

The trip to Helsinki takes about half an hour, whether by rail or road, and to the airport of Helsinki-Vantaa about 20 minutes. Train connections to the capital are good. Uusimaa's trains leave the main station twice an hour (xx:12 and xx:41), and from other stations once an hour.

[edit] Culture

Jannekatu

Järvenpää is widely known as the location of Ainola, the home of the composer Jean Sibelius. It is sited about two kilometers south of the city centre. The composer moved with his family to the cottage designed by Lars Sonck on September 24, 1904, and he lived there until his death in 1957. Ainola is open for visitors in the summer months as the "museum of Sibelius".

Juhani Aho moved with his wife Venny Soldan-Brofeldt to Järvenpää in 1897. They lived for 14 years in a villa, called Vårbacka, next to the shore of Tuusulanjärvi. The villa was later called Ahola.

[edit] Events

Events are held in the Järvenpää-talo throughout the year: concerts, theatre and art-shows. The favorite-place of children is Pikku-Aino's home, where children can play, make shows and so on.

There is a musical event, which is arranged every year, called puistoblues. "Blues-week" starts from the "Blues street" of the city centre, and concerts and informal sessions are arranged in bars and restaurants. The main concert is at the end of Blues-week, and is arranged in Vanhankylänniemi on the Saturday.

[edit] Neighbourhoods

Järvenpää is divided into 25 neighbourhoods. The locations of individual neighbourhoods are shown below.

1. Wärtsilä
2. Nummenkylä
3. Pietilä
4. Haarajoki
5. Jamppa
6. Peltola
7. Isokytö
8. Mylly
9. Saunakallio
10. Sorto
11. Pajala
12. Loutti
13. Pöytäalho
14. Terhola
15. Satumetsä
16. Mikonkorpi
17. Kaakkola
18. Keskus
19. Kinnari (Järvenpää)
20. Satukallio
21. Vanhakylä
22. Lepola
23. Kyrölä
24. Terioja
25. Ristinummi

[edit] Management

Järvenpää belongs to Uudenmaan vaalipiiri (electoral district of Uusimaa) and its town council has 51 councillors. The town council's political groups are SDP (14 councils), Kokoomus (English: consistency) (13), Järvenpää 2000 plus (7), Keskusta (English: Centre) (7), Vihreät (English: Green ones)[1](4), Vasemmistoliitto (English: The left alliance) (3), KD (1), SKP (1) ja Liberaalit (English: Liberals) (1). The president of the council is Ari Åberg (kok).

[edit] External links

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