Halkia ( sv, Halkis) is a village of 400 inhabitants in the northern part of
Pornainen
Pornainen (; sv, Borgnäs) is a small municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The neighboring municipalities are Askola in the east, Mäntsälä in the north, Porvoo in the sou ...
municipality in
Uusimaa
Uusimaa (; sv, Nyland, ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, He ...
, Finland, near the border of
Mäntsälä municipality. It is only a few kilometers south of Halkia to the center of the municipality,
Kirveskoski
Kirveskoski (; officially ''Pornainen'' or ''Pornainen church village'') is a village of about 2000 inhabitants in Pornainen, Uusimaa, Finland, and the administrative center of the municipality. Next to the church village is the River Mustijoki ( ...
. The
Mustijoki River flows through the village, along which the Halkiakoski Power Plant, which generates electricity for the municipality, has also been built.
Halkiankosken voimalaitos
(in Finnish)
See also
* Numminen, Mäntsälä
Numminen is a village in the southern part of the Mäntsälä municipality near the border of Pornainen in Uusimaa, Finland. More than 300 inhabitants live in the village. It is located along the Mustijoki River, about south of the Mäntsälä's ...
References
Villages in Finland
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