The Myrskylä church village (also known as Myrskylä; fi, Myrskylän kirkonkylä, sv, Mörskom kyrkoby) is a village and the
administrative center
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in the
municipality by the same name in
Eastern Uusimaa
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. It is located on the western shore of a lake called
Kirkkojärvi. The center of the nearest town,
Orimattila, is less than 20 kilometers to the north.
The village is home to the
Myrskylä Church, which was inaugurated in 1803. Many other of the municipality's main services are also located in the church village, including the
Sale grocery store
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,
health center
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,
pharmacy
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,
library
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and the
Osuuspankki
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bank
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Because ...
. The village also has an
elementary school
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founded in 1872.
[Suomenmaa, maantieteellis-taloudellinen ja historiallinen tietokirja, ensimmäinen osa ''Uudenmaan lääni'', sivu 156, toimittanut Lauri Hendell, toimitus professori J. E. Rosberg, professori Kustavi Grotenfelt, professori J. G. Granö ja filosofian maisteri Kaarlo Hildén, 1919, Helsinki, Tietosanakirja-Osakeyhtiö, 1919, Helsinki, Helsingin Uusi Kirjapaino (in Finnish)]
See also
*
Lapinjärvi (village)
Sources
*Suuri Maatilakirja III (Uusimaa), kohta Myrskylä (in Finnish)
*Suomen maatalousmuseo Sark
Sarka - maatilat webissä(in Finnish)
References
External links
Map of the Myrskylä village
Myrskylä
Villages in Finland
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