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Kerava (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkerɑʋɑ]; Swedish: Kervo) is a town and municipality within the Uusimaa region of Finland. The municipalities of Vantaa, Sipoo and Tuusula are adjacent to Kerava, which is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area.[6]

Kerava Kervo
Town
Keravan kaupunki Kervo stad
Kerava town centre
Coat of arms
Location of Kerava in Finland
Coordinates: 60°24′N 025°06′E
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Helsinki sub-region
Township	1924-1970
City	1970-
Government
• Mayor	Kirsi Rontu
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	30.79 km2 (11.89 sq mi)
• Land	30.62 km2 (11.82 sq mi)
• Water	0.17 km2 (0.07 sq mi)
• Rank	309th largest in Finland
Population  (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	37,244
• Rank	30th largest in Finland
• Density	1,216.33/km2 (3,150.3/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	94.8% (official)
• Swedish	1.1%
• Others	4.1%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	16.3%
• 15 to 64	63.8%
• 65 or older	19.9%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19.25%
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.kerava.fi

The town has a population of 37,244 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 30.79 square kilometres (11.89 sq mi) of which 0.17 km² (0.066 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 1,216.33 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,150.3/sq mi). Kerava is the 30th largest municipality in terms of population, but the 5th smallest municipality in terms of area in Finland (and the second smallest in the Uusimaa region after Kauniainen). However, it is also third most densely populated area in the sub-region after Helsinki and Kauniainen. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The Sinebrychoff brewery operations are based in Kerava.[7] There is also a well-known prison in the town (Keravan vankila),[8] which includes 94 places in the open prison ward.

History

Until the Middle Ages, Kerava was a wilderness, until two villages, Ylikerava ("Upper Kerava") and Alikerava ("Lower Kerava"), were created along the Kerava River (Keravanjoki). The first signs of established village settlement date back to the 1440s. Kerava was annexed to Tuusula when the Tuusula parish was founded in 1643. In 1862, the railway between Helsinki and Hämeenlinna was opened, which quickly brought industry to agricultural Kerava; the carpentry factory in Kerava was established in 1908, and the wood industry became an important factor in the development of the town. The coat of arms designed by Ahti Hammar features a woodworking joints made by a carpenter.[9]

In 1924, Kerava was separated from Tuusula as its own township. At that time, it had a population of about 3,000. Originally, it also included part of the Korso area, and Korso railway station was also located in the township area. However, from 1954 onwards, the entire Korso was annexed to the then Helsinki Rural Municipality.[10] During the peak periods of the late 1960s and 1970s, the population almost doubled due to emigration and good transport connections, and new suburbs were created in Kurkela, Kilta and Untola. Kerava was officially granted town rights in 1970.[9]

Demographics

Minorities (1st and 2nd generation) in Kerava by country of origin, 2018[11]

Ancestry	Number
Estonia	1,142
Russia	741
Turkey	237
Vietnam	228
Iraq	157
Thailand	154
Sweden	151
Germany	67
Romania	63
Nigeria	61
Yugoslavia	61
China	53
Afghanistan	51
Eritrea	44
Syria	44

Transport

Kerava has two railway stations, Kerava Central Railway Station and Savio station. The Kerava Central Railway Station is an interchange station, with connections from the main track from Helsinki to Riihimäki to the tracks to Lahti and Porvoo. The Helsinki Airport (HEL) is located about 15 kilometers to the southwest of the city by car. It is 32 kilometres (20 mi) along Highway 4 (E75) from Kerava to the city center of Helsinki.

The city of Kerava joined Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) in 2010.

Culture

Food

Many garlic dishes were named traditional food of Kerava parish in the 1980s: Yrjö's lamb (à la Jorgos), garlic potatoes and crushed garlic in oil, and, as a dessert, a gooseberry pie with vanilla sauce.[12]

Politics

Results of the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election in Kerava:

• Social Democratic Party 19,8%
• National Coalition Party 19,3%
• Finns Party 19,0%
• Green League 12,9%
• Left Alliance 8,6%
• Centre Party 6,8%
• Movement Now (common list of Uusimaa) 4,4%
• Christian Democrats 3,2%
• Blue Reform 1,9%

Notable people from Kerava

• President J. K. Paasikivi (1870–1956), lived in Kerava since 1917 to the 1940s
• Hanna-Maria Seppälä (b. 1984), Finnish freestyle swimmer
• Volmari Iso-Hollo (1907–1969), Olympic medalist
• Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), Finnish composer
• Väinö Bremer (1899-1964), Finnish Olympic medalist biathlete and pilot died here in a plane crash

See also

• Järvenpää
• Kerava River
• Nikkilä
• Sinebrychoff

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kerava.

• Town of Kerava – Official website (In Finnish) Information - Official Websites (In English)
• Satellite photo of Kerava

На других языках

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[de] Kerava

Kerava [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈkɛrɑvɑ] (schwed. Kervo) ist eine Stadt im Süden Finnlands mit rund 35.000 Einwohnern. Sie liegt wenig nördlich der Hauptstadt Helsinki und gehört zu deren Großraum. Die Einwohnerzahl der Stadt steigt durch den Zuzug aus den ländlichen Gebieten Finnlands in die Region Helsinki seit Jahren stetig an: Seit 1980 ist die Einwohnerzahl um über ein Drittel gestiegen. Fast 96 % der Einwohner Keravas sprechen Finnisch als Muttersprache, nur 1 % sind Finnlandschweden. Somit ist die Stadt auch amtlich einsprachig finnischsprachig.

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- [en] Kerava

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[ru] Керава

Керава (фин. Kerava, швед. Kervo) — город и муниципалитет в южной Финляндии, регион Уусимаа. Население муниципалитета — 32 466 человек[1], занимаемая площадь — 30.86 км², из них 0.11 км² — водная поверхность. Официальный язык- финский, шведский

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