Charter 1409 Municipal tax rate 19.25% | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Tuesday 3:12 AM | |
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Area rank 264th largest in Finland Weather 1°C, Wind S at 21 km/h, 95% Humidity | ||
Marttila ([ˈmɑrtːilɑ]), Swedish: S:t Mårtens, i.e. Saint Martin′s) is a municipality of Finland.
Map of 21490 Marttila, Finland
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 2,018 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 195.28 square kilometres (75.40 sq mi) of which 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi) is water. The population density is 10.33 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
During the Swedish domestic war regarding who was to be king, an important battle took place here 29 August 1599. Troops under Axel Kurck, supporting king Sigismund were defeated by troops supported duke Karl, soon to be king Karl IX. Karl more or less already ruled Sweden and what is Finland nowadays, and Sigismund were based in Poland. There is a memorial, erected 1934, to be seen in Marttila. Martilla is along what at that time was called "Tavastlands Oxväg", in Finnish language now posted as "Hämeen Härkätie" which in English translates to "Oxroad of Häme".