Sammatti

Former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland

Sammatti

Former municipality

Sammatin kunta
Sammatti kommun

Sammatti Church

Coat of arms

Location of Sammatti in Finland

Coordinates: 60°19′15″N 023°49′15″E﻿ / ﻿60.32083°N 23.82083°E﻿ / 60.32083; 23.82083
Country| Finland
Region| Uusimaa
Sub-region| Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region)
Consolidated with Lohja| 2009
Area

[1]

• Total

| 85.06 km2 (32.84 sq mi)
• Land| 72.01 km2 (27.80 sq mi)
• Water| 13.05 km2 (5.04 sq mi)
Population

(2008-12-31)[2]

• Total

| 1,365
• Density| 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Population by age

[3]

• 0 to 14| 18.8%
• 15 to 64| 65.1%
• 65 or older| 16.0%
Time zone| UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate| Dfb
An illustration of Sammatti in Finland framställdt i teckningar (1845-1852)

Sammatti (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈsɑmːɑtːi]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Lohja in the beginning of 2009.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,365 (31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 72.01 square kilometres (27.80 sq mi). The population density was 18.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (49.1/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

It was the birthplace of one of Finland's most famous writers, Elias Lönnrot, the compiler of the Kalevala.[5]

## Villages

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Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2009, Sammatti contained the following villages:

* Haarijärvi (Haarjärvi)
* Karstu
* Kaukola
* Kiikala
* Leikkilä

* Lohilampi
* Luskala
* Myllykylä
* Niemenkylä
* Sammatti

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## See also

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* Karjalohja
* Nummi-Pusula

## References

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1. ^ "Suomen pinta-ala kunnittain 1.1.2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
2. ^ a b "Kuntien asukasluvut suuruusjärjestyksessä". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
3. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on May 7, 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
4. ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
5. ^ Majamaa, Raija (2014). "Lönnrot, Elias (1802–1884)". The National Biography of Finland. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

## External links

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Media related to Sammatti at Wikimedia Commons

* Official website of Sammatti municipality (in Finnish)
* Genealogy of families in Sammatti (in Finnish)

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Municipalities of Uusimaa

Municipalities|

* Askola
* Espoo
* Hanko
* Helsinki
* Hyvinkää
* Ingå
* Järvenpää
* Karkkila
* Kauniainen
* Kerava
* Kirkkonummi
* Lapinjärvi
* Lohja
* Loviisa
* Mäntsälä
* Myrskylä
* Nurmijärvi
* Pornainen
* Porvoo
* Pukkila
* Raseborg
* Sipoo
* Siuntio
* Tuusula
* Vantaa
* Vihti

Former municipalities|

* Bromarv
* Degerby
* Ekenäs
* Ekenäs landskommun
* Haaga
* Huopalahti
* Hyvinkään maalaiskunta
* Karis
* Karjalohja
* Karjaan maalaiskunta
* Kulosaari
* Liljendal
* Lohjan kunta
* Nummi
* Nummi-Pusula
* Oulunkylä
* Pernå
* Pohja
* Porvoon maalaiskunta
* Pusula
* Ruotsinpyhtää
* Sammatti
* Snappertuna
* Tenala

* Uusimaa
* Finland

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