Liljendal

Liljendal is a former municipality of Finland.

Liljendal
Former municipality
Liljendal kommun
Liljendalin kunta
Coat of arms of Liljendal
Coat of arms
Location of Liljendal in Finland
Location of Liljendal in Finland
Coordinates: 60°34.5′N 026°03.5′E
CountryFinland
RegionEastern Uusimaa
Sub-regionLoviisa sub-region
Charter1914
Consolidated2010
Government
 • Municipal managerSten Frondén
Area
[1]
 • Total119.64 km2 (46.19 sq mi)
 • Land113.67 km2 (43.89 sq mi)
 • Water5.97 km2 (2.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2009-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,472
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish23.8% (official)
 • Swedish74.9% (official)
 • Others1.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.liljendal.fi

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,472 (31 December 2009)[2] and covered an area of 119.64 square kilometres (46.19 sq mi) of which 5.97 km2 (2.31 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density was 12.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (33.5/sq mi).

The municipality was bilingual, with majority (74.9%) being Swedish and minority (23.8%) Finnish speakers. The municipality has previously also been known as Liljentaali in Finnish documents.[4]

Liljendal was consolidated to Loviisa, together with Pernå and Ruotsinpyhtää, on January 1, 2010.

History

Liljendal was originally the name of a seat farm (säteri) in the village of Sävträsk. Its name may have been derived from that of an old Cistercian monastery in Lower Saxony, Lilienthal. At the time, it was a part of the Pernå (Pernaja) parish. The name got its current meaning when the seat farm and nine villages near it became their own chapel community in 1791.[5] Liljendal became a separate parish in 1914.[6]

References
  1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
  2. "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Liljentaali - Google Search". books.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-10.
  5. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 237. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
  6. "Suomen Sukututkimusseura - Liljendal". hiski.genealogia.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved August 25, 2022.

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