Tottijärvi | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Tottijärven kunta Swedish: Tottijärvi kommun |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pirkanmaa |
Established Date: | 1906 |
Extinct Title: | Consolidated |
Extinct Date: | 1976 |
Area Land Km2: | 87.2 |
Population As Of: | 1975 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1,052 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics1 Info1: | % |
Demographics1 Info2: | % |
Demographics1 Info3: | % |
Demographics1 Info4: | % |
Demographics2 Title1: | 0 to 14 |
Demographics2 Info1: | % |
Demographics2 Title2: | 15 to 64 |
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Demographics2 Title3: | 65 or older |
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Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Dfc |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 61.3978°N 23.3428°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Tottijärvi (in Finnish pronounced as /ˈtotːiˌjærʋi/) is a village and a former municipality in Nokia, Finland. It is located by the lake Pyhäjärvi, about 30 kilometres southwest of the city of Tampere. The population of Tottijärvi is 717 (2008).[2]
The history of Tottijärvi dates back to the early 14th century. According to a legend, it was named after the dog of the chieftain Matti Kurki. Kurki drowned his dog Totti into a lake, as it was making noise during an ambush and later the dog began to haunt him.[2] The Tottijärvi Manor was established in 1416. It was owned by the Kurki of Laukko family. The manor was destroyed in the 1918 Finnish Civil War.[3]
Tottijärvi was originally a part of the Greater Pirkkala, which was one of the 10 original sockens of the historical province of Satakunta, and later a part of the Vesilahti municipality. The Tottijärvi parish was established in 1685 and the municipality of Tottijärvi in 1906. It was annexed with the town of Nokia in 1976.[2]