Jokioinen
Jokioinen (Swedish: Jockis) is a municipality of Finland.
Jokioinen
Jockis | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Jokioisten kunta Jockis kommun | |
 The grain storehouse with bell tower of Jokioinen Estates | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Jokioinen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°29′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Tavastia Proper |
| Sub-region | Forssa sub-region |
| Charter | 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Jukka Matilainen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 181.94 km2 (70.25 sq mi) |
| • Land | 180.43 km2 (69.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 270th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-10-26)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,906 |
| • Rank | 169th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 27.19/km2 (70.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.4% |
| • Others | 3.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 14.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.2% |
| • 65 or older | 27.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.jokioinen.fi |
It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 4,906 (26 October 2023)[2] and covers an area of 181.94 square kilometres (70.25 sq mi) of which 1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 27.19 inhabitants per square kilometre (70.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
A notable tourist attraction in the region is the Jokioinen Museum Railway.
History
The history of Jokioinen is tightly connected to the Jokioinen estate, which was established in 1562. The estate developed into the largest estate in Finland during the time of the provincial governor Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand. At the beginning of 20th century the estate had a corn mill, saw mill, a brick factory, steel plant and a sugar and syrup factory.
Due to the crofters law of 1918 and the land reform law of 1945 the estate was split into more than 1500 homes and small farms. The rest of the estate was transferred to the ownership of the Finnish state in 1918. In 1928 the Department of Finnish Plant Breeding from Tikkurila and in 1957 the observatory from Pasila were transferred to the Jokioinen estate.
Climate
Jokioinen has a humid continental climate of the warm-summer type (Köppen: Dfb),[5] typical of the South Finnish fringe.[6] In the past it falls to the continental subarctic zone (Dfc, based in old data) with only 3 months above 10 °C.[7][8] The conditions are similar to Tampere, although it is more than 70 km to the north which shows influence of the urbanization in the climate.[9]
| Climate data for Jokioinen (Hakala), elevation: 103 m or 338 ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 7.4 (45.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.0 (57.2) |
21.2 (70.2) |
27.7 (81.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.4 (86.7) |
27.6 (81.7) |
18.4 (65.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
7.2 (45.0) |
31.5 (88.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −4.6 (23.7) |
−4.1 (24.6) |
0.4 (32.7) |
6.8 (44.2) |
15.0 (59.0) |
19.7 (67.5) |
20.9 (69.6) |
19.1 (66.4) |
13.4 (56.1) |
7.7 (45.9) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−2.2 (28.0) |
7.8 (46.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −7.5 (18.5) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
2.4 (36.3) |
9.4 (48.9) |
14.3 (57.7) |
15.8 (60.4) |
14.2 (57.6) |
9.4 (48.9) |
4.7 (40.5) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−4.9 (23.2) |
3.9 (39.0) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −11.2 (11.8) |
−11.2 (11.8) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−1.8 (28.8) |
3.2 (37.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
10.3 (50.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
5.6 (42.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.7 (−34.1) |
−39.3 (−38.7) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−20.9 (−5.6) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
0.8 (33.4) |
−1.5 (29.3) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−13.4 (7.9) |
−24.5 (−12.1) |
−33.4 (−28.1) |
−39.3 (−38.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 36.0 (1.42) |
24.0 (0.94) |
25.0 (0.98) |
32.0 (1.26) |
35.0 (1.38) |
47.0 (1.85) |
80.0 (3.15) |
83.0 (3.27) |
65.0 (2.56) |
58.0 (2.28) |
55.0 (2.17) |
42.0 (1.65) |
582 (22.91) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 10.0 | 109 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 36.6 | 70.5 | 133.0 | 174.4 | 252.1 | 276.4 | 247.2 | 203.6 | 125.0 | 81.2 | 35.4 | 27.3 | 1,662.7 |
| Source: NOAA[8] | |||||||||||||
Economy
Employment structure of Jokioinen by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Services 64.9%, processing 23.3%, agriculture and forestry economics 9.6%.
Major employers
- MTT Agrifood Research Finland: 480
- Jokioinen municipality: 305
- Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd: 68
- Jokioisten Leipä Oy (bakery): 45
- Suomen Sokeri Oy Finnsugar (sugar mill): 44
Villages
Haapaniemi, Jokioinen, Jänhijoki, Kiipu, Lammi, Latovainio, Minkiö, Minkiön asema (Minkiö railway station), Niemi, Ojainen, Pellilä, Saari, and Vaulammi
Notable people
- Anneli Saaristo, (born 1949), singer
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- "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.
- "Jokioinen, Finland Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)". Weatherbase. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- Peterson, Adam (2016-09-19), English: Köppen climate types of Finland, retrieved 2019-03-04
- "Jokioinen Climate Jokioinen Temperatures Jokioinen Weather Averages". www.jokioinen.climatemps.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- "City (ID Station) - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved March 4, 2019. Archived March 4, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
- "FMI normals 1981-2010" (PDF). FMI. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
External links
Media related to Jokioinen at Wikimedia Commons
Jokioinen travel guide from Wikivoyage- Municipality of Jokioinen – Official website
