Market town 1887 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Number of airports 1 | Sub-region Salo City rights 1960 Area 143.9 km² Local time Wednesday 8:16 PM Team Salon Palloilijat | |
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Travel diary salo finland
Salo ([ˈsɑlo]) is a town and municipality of Finland.
Contents
- Travel diary salo finland
- Map of Salo Finland
- Erasmus in salo finland 2013 2014
- History
- Sports
- Transportation
- Twin towns eleven cities
- References
Map of Salo, Finland
It is in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 53,805 (March 31, 2016) and covers an area of 1,986.54 square kilometres (767.01 sq mi) of which 181.78 km2 (70.19 sq mi) is water. The population density is 27.09/km2 (70.2/sq mi).
In Finnish salo means woodland, backwoods but also a wooded island. It is thought that Salo has meant the island that over thousand years ago existed to the south of the current town but is today (due to the post-glacial rebound typical in the area) a hill, not even very close to the sea.
Salo is located between the capital Helsinki and the provincial capital Turku, making it a busy small city. The short distance from these bigger cities keeps the Salo region and its business life growing. Farming also plays a considerable part in the area.
Once the town's main claim to notability, the consumer electronics and mobile phone industry, has during recent years been shut down.
Salo is the birthplace of the president of Finland Sauli Niinistö.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Erasmus in salo finland 2013 2014
History
Salo has existed as a centre of rural commerce since at least the 16th century, emerging in the location where the Great Coastal Road, the important East-West road, crossed River Salo; the river provided the fairway to the sea. In 1887 Salo officially became a market town and, in the beginning of 1891, an independent municipality. The area of the municipality was initially very small, only 0.65 km². In 1932 it grew to 18 km² when areas from neighbouring Uskela and Halikko were annexed to Salo. Eventually Salo became a town in 1960. The municipality of Uskela was consolidated with Salo 1967. The municipalities of Halikko, Kiikala, Kisko, Kuusjoki, Muurla, Perniö, Pertteli, Suomusjärvi and Särkisalo were consolidated with Salo in the beginning of 2009.
Sports
The city is home to the professional basketball team Salon Vilpas Vikings, which plays in the Finish 1st Division Korisliiga. It plays its home games in the Salohalli.
Transportation
European route E18 runs through Salo, passing the city center a few kilometers North. The "Coastal Railway" from Helsinki to Turku and further to Turku Harbour crosses the town center; all InterCity trains and most of the high-speed Pendolino trains stop at Salo railway station. The closest airports are Turku Airport (limited number of domestic and international flights) and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.
In 2016, the city of Salo signed a letter of intent with Los Angeles-based company Hyperloop One in order to launch a project to build a 50 km long Hyperloop tube between Salo and Turku.
Twin towns — eleven cities
Salo has eight sister cities: