Charter 1874 Municipal tax rate 20.5% Region Tavastia Proper | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Thursday 8:20 PM | |
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Humppila is a municipality of Finland.
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Map of 31640 Humppila, Finland
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 2,390 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 147.96 square kilometres (57.13 sq mi) of which 0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi) is water. The population density is 16.16 inhabitants per square kilometre (41.9/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Jokioinen, Ypäjä, Loimaa, Punkalaidun, and Urjala. The municipality of Humppila is unilingually Finnish.
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 22-kilometre (14 mi) line to the town of Forssa. Today the remaining 15 kilometres (9 mi) of this line make the Jokioinen Museum Railway.
Villages
Vitikka, Huhtaa, Humppila, Koivisto, Murto, Taipale, Venäjä, and Myllynkulma
Economy
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%.