Humppila | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Humppilan kunta Swedish: Humppila kommun |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | 60.925°N 45°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Tavastia Proper |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Forssa sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Esko Tonteri |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1874 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Website: | www.humppila.fi |
Humppila is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of, which make it the smallest municipality in Tavastia Proper in terms of population. It covers an area of NaNHumppila}} of which NaNHumppila}} is water. The population density is NaNHumppila.
The municipality owes the essence of its development to the arrival of the Turku–Toijala railway in 1876. Today, Humppila remains a stop for trains using this line and the once closed railway station has been reopened for passengers. From 1898 until 1974, Humppila was the starting point of the narrow gauge Jokioinen Railway, a 22km (14miles) line to the town of Forssa. Today the remaining 15km (09miles) of this line make the Jokioinen Museum Railway. There are two significant traffic highways through Humppila municipality: Highway 2 (between Vihti and Pori) and Highway 9 (between Turku and Tampere).
Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Jokioinen, Ypäjä, Loimaa, Punkalaidun, and Urjala. The municipality of Humppila is unilingually Finnish.
Vitikka, Huhtaa, Humppila, Koivisto, Murto, Taipale, Venäjä, and Myllynkulma
Major employers in Humppila are the Humppila municipality, Kenkämaailma (shoe retail), Humppilan Osuuspankki (banking), Iittala Group Humppila Glassworks, and Maviteknik Oy (engineering). Employment structure by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Agriculture and forestry economics 16.3%, industry 22.0%, services 58.5%, unknown 3.2%.
Humppila is served by Onnibus route Helsinki—Pori.