Jokioinen ( sv, Jockis) is a

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. It is located in the

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. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . The municipality is unilingually

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. A notable tourist attraction in the region is the

Jokioinen Museum Railway The Jokioinen Museum Railway is located in Jokioinen, Finland. It is located on the last operating commercial narrow gauge railway in Finland, the gauge Jokioinen Railway. The museum was established on February 2, 1978, four years after the di ...

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

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were transferred to the Jokioinen estate.

Climate

Jokioinen has a

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of the warm-summer type (

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: ''Dfb''), typical of the South Finnish fringe. In the past it falls to the continental subarctic zone (''Dfc'', based in old data) with only 3 months above 10 °C. The conditions are similar to

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, although it is more than 70 km to the north which shows influence of the

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in the climate.

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 Terttu Anneli Orvokki Saaristo (born 15 February 1949) is a Finnish singer and actress, best known internationally for her participation in the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest. Early career Saaristo was born in Jokioinen. She spent the 1970s per ...

, (born 1949), singer

References

External links

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Municipality of Jokioinen
– Official website {{authority control Municipalities of Kanta-Häme Populated places established in 1873 1873 establishments in Finland