Jokela () is one of the three administrative centers in the Finnish municipality

Tuusula Tuusula (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Tuusula is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, ...

. It has a population of around 6,000 residents. The Jokela School Centre and the

Jokela railway station Jokela () is one of the three administrative centers in the Finnish municipality Tuusula. It has a population of around 6,000 residents. The Jokela School Centre and the Jokela railway station serve the community. Many residents commute to the c ...

serve the community. Many residents commute to the capital of Finland,

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, which is about away. The

Jokela Prison The Jokela Prison () is a prison located near the Jokela railway station in the Jokela village of Tuusula, Finland, opened in 1993. The prison is part of Southern Finland's criminal sanctions area maintained by the Criminal Sanctions Agency. T ...

, opened in 1993, is also located in the village.

History

Early settlement

Until the mid-19th century the area around Jokela was scarcely populated. The development of Jokela began with the opening of a railway line in 1862. In 1874 the railway station was built and the first brick factory was founded. Several other brick factories would later follow to meet the needs of the rapidly growing capital as well as a match factory next to Jokela manor. The industrial development increased population: in 1920 there were 570 inhabitants and by 1950 1,617.

Rail crash

On April 21, 1996 a

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occurred where four people were killed and 75 injured when express train P82 from

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bound for

derailed in heavy fog. There was a strict speed limit due to a bridge construction which P82 failed to heed. It is estimated that the total cost of the accident was over €4.3 million.

School shooting

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occurred in the town on 7 November 2007. At approximately 11:44 local time (9:44

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)

Pekka-Eric Auvinen The Jokela school shooting, also known as the Jokela High School massacre, occurred on 7 November 2007, at Jokela High School in the town of Jokela, Tuusula, Finland. The gunman, 18-year-old Pekka-Eric Auvinen, entered the school that morning ar ...

opened fire at

Jokela High School Jokela High School is a public secondary school in Jokela School Centre () in the village of Jokela, Tuusula municipality, Finland. It is located 43 kilometres outside the capital Helsinki. The school educates about 450 pupils. five male pupils and one female pupil; the school principal; the school nurse; and the shooter himself, who was also one of the school's pupils. Hours before the incident, the shooter posted a video on

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predicting the massacre at the school. A day after the shooting a picture of Auvinen holding a gun and a message he would "kill people at jokela high school today in the name of

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" was posted on the imageboard

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. It has been stated by the Finnish police that they could not find a connection between Auvinen and "

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". It was the second of three school shootings that have occurred in Finland. The previous incident occurred in 1989 at the ''Raumanmeri'' school in

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, when a 14-year-old fatally shot two fellow students. On 23 September 2008, 11 people were killed in the

Kauhajoki school shooting The Kauhajoki school shooting occurred on 23 September 2008 at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences (SeAMK) in Kauhajoki, Finland. The gunman, 22-year-old student Matti Juhani Saari, shot and killed ten people with a Walther P22 Target ...

Sports

The following sports clubs are located in Jokela: * Derius *

Jokelan Kisa Jokelan Kisa (abbreviated JoKi) is a sports club from Jokela, Finland. The club was formed in 1931 and in its early years specialised in athletics, gymnastics and skiing followed later by boxing, weight lifting and pesäpallo. Today the club ...

References

External links

* {{Authority control Tuusula Villages in Uusimaa