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Järvenpää Träskända
Municipality and town
Järvenpään kaupunki Träskända stad
Sibeliuksenkatu (Sibelius' street)
Coat of arms
Location of Järvenpää in Finland
Coordinates: 60°28.5′N 025°05.5′E / 60.4750°N 25.0917°E / 60.4750; 25.0917Coordinates: 60°28.5′N 025°05.5′E / 60.4750°N 25.0917°E / 60.4750; 25.0917
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Helsinki sub-region
Charter	1951
City rights	1967
Government
• Town manager	Erkki Kukkonen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	39.93 km2 (15.42 sq mi)
• Land	37.55 km2 (14.50 sq mi)
• Water	2.39 km2 (0.92 sq mi)
Area rank	307th largest in Finland
Population (2019-01-31)[2]
• Total	43,450
• Rank	26th largest in Finland
• Density	1,157.12/km2 (2,996.9/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	96.5% (official)
• Swedish	0.9%
• Others	2.6%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	18.4%
• 15 to 64	70.6%
• 65 or older	11%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19%
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.jarvenpaa.fi

Järvenpää (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjærʋemˌpæː]; Swedish: Träskända) is a town and municipality of Finland.

History

Järvenpää was separated from its parent community Tuusula in 1951. Järvenpää was granted the status of a market town (kauppala) after the separation. Neighbouring districts Kellokoski and Nummenkylä were not added to the municipality of Järvenpää and the controversy over the issue still raises blood pressure fifty years later. In the event, Kellokoski remained part of the municipality of Tuusula.
Järvenpää was granted full legal town (kaupunki) status in 1967.

Geography

Järvenpää is located on the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway track, some 37 kilometres (23 mi) 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.

Traffic

The railroad goes through the city centre. In addition to the main railway station, there are Ainola, Saunakallio, Haarajoki and (Purola now closed) 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, and from other stations once an hour.^[6]

Culture

Ainola.

Järvenpää had, in the early 20th century, a large artist community including the likes of: Jean Sibelius, Juhani Aho and Eero Järnefelt. This was partly true because of a railway connection to Helsinki.

Järvenpää is widely known as the location of Ainola, the home of the composer Jean Sibelius. It is situated 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".^{[citation needed]}

Juhani Aho moved with his wife Venny Soldan-Brofeldt to Järvenpää in 1897. They lived there for fourteen years in a villa, called Vårbacka, next to the shore of Lake Tuusula. The villa was later called Ahola.^{[citation needed]}

Events

Events are held in the Järvenpää-talo (lit. Järvenpää-house) 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 [fi] (lit. Park Blues). "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.

Neighbourhoods

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

Politics

Järvenpää railway station

Helsingintie

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Järvenpää:

• 
  National Coalition Party 27.1%


• 
  Social Democratic Party 21.7%


• 
  True Finns 21.5%


• 
  Green League 10.3%


• 
  Centre Party 6.7%


• 
  Left Alliance 6.2%


• 
  Christian Democrats 3,6%


• 
  Swedish People's Party 0.7%

Management

Järvenpää belongs to Uudenmaan vaalipiiri (electoral district of Uusimaa) and its town council has 51 councillors.
The town council's political groups (2004-2008) were :

• 
  Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue (The Social Democratic Party of Finland) (14 councils),


• 
  Kokoomus (The National Coalition Party) (13),


• 
  Järvenpää 2000 Plus (7),


• 
  Keskusta (The Centre Party) (7),


• 
  Vihreä liitto (The Green League)^[7] (4),


• 
  Vasemmistoliitto (The Left Alliance) (3),


• 
  Kristillisdemokraatit (Christian Democrats) (1),


• 
  Suomen kommunistinen puolue (Communist Party of Finland) (1),


• 
  Liberaalit (Liberals) (1).

The president of the council was Ari Åberg (Kokoomus).^[8]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Järvenpää is twinned with:

• 
  Vác, Hungary
  


• 
  Rødovre, Denmark
  


• 
  Lørenskog, Norway
  


• 
  Täby, Sweden
  


• 
  Jõgeva County, Estonia
  


• 
  Volkhov, Russia
  


• 
  Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
  


• 
  Pasadena, California, USA
  


• 
  Ho, Ghana
  

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Järvenpää.

• 
  Järvenpää travel guide from Wikivoyage


• 
  Town of Järvenpää – Official site


• Puistoblues festival