Kiipu

Kiipu is a

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village of about 600 inhabitants situated close to the Highway 2 along the river

Jänhijoki Jänhijoki is one of the villages in Jokioinen municipality, in Tavastia Proper, Finland. The village is located approximately north from the centre of Jokioinen, on the Jänhijoki river. The village is formed by Rehtijärvi, Latovainio and K ...

in them municipality of

Jokioinen Jokioinen ( sv, Jockis) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population de ...

in the

Tavastia Proper Tavastia or Tavastland may refer to: * Häme (Swedish: ''Tavastland'', Latin: ''Tavastia'') * Tavastia (historical province), a historical province of the kingdom of Sweden, located in modern-day Finland * Tavastia (constituency), formerly Tavasti ...

region. The village is located approximately north from the centre of Jokioinen, and about north-east of the town of

Forssa Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland (Helsinki, Turku and Tampere), in the Tavastia Proper region, and which is crossed by Highway 2 ...

. The village was selected as the ''Village of Tavastia in 2003''. The written history of Kiipu begins in the 14th century. The first map of the village was drawn in 1710. The village spreads on a large area along the river Jänhijoki and there is no real village center. The proper village of Kiipu is located about three kilometers (2 miles) from

Minkiö railway station Minkiö railway station ( fi, Minkiön asema) is a neighborhood of the Kiipu village and a railway station at the Jokioinen Museum Railway, situated north of the Minkiö village on the northern shore of the Jänhijoki (river), river Jänhijoki, an ...

. The village house of the Kiipu Village Association, in 1953 with Swedish donation money built an old health center stands next to the

Jokioinen Museum Railway The Jokioinen Museum Railway is located in Jokioinen, Finland. It is located on the last operating commercial narrow gauge railway in Finland, the gauge Jokioinen Railway. The museum was established on February 2, 1978, four years after the dis ...

at the Minkiö station. The village association and the Museum railway organise together many summer events. {{coord, 60, 50, N, 23, 23, E, display=title, region:FI_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki Jokioinen Villages in Finland