The Mäntsälä church village (also known as Mäntsälä; fi, Mäntsälän kirkonkylä) is the
administrative center
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In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...
of the
municipality by the same name 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, ...
,
Finland
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, with about 11,000 inhabitants.
It is located from
Järvenpää
Järvenpää (; sv, Träskända) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located on the Helsinki–Riihimäki railway track in Uusimaa region, some north of Helsinki. Neighbouring municipalities are Tuusula, Sipoo and Mäntsälä. People ...
, from
Hyvinkää
Hyvinkää (; sv, Hyvinge, ) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region, approximately north of the capital Helsinki. The city was chartered in 1960. The population of Hyvinkää is (). Its neighboring municipal ...
, from
Porvoo
Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieval to ...
and from
Lahti
Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...
. The Mäntsälänjoki River flows through the church village, which joins the Mustijoki River further south, which runs all the way to the
Gulf of Finland.
Etymology
Mäntsälä's central villageappears in early written material in the form ''Mensela'', ''Menselä'', ''Mensilä'' (1458), ''Mensse'' (1516), ''Mentzeby'' (1540).
The village name has evolved from the house name, which probably includes the early host's first name Mäntsä (or Mänssä). It has been interpreted as an abbreviation of the given name
Clement
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People
* Clement (name), a given name and surname
* Saint Clement (disambiguation)#People
Places
* Clément, French Guiana, a town
* Clement, Missouri, U.S.
* Clement Township, Michigan, U.S.
Other uses
* ...
. According to Viljo Nissilä, a possible starting point may have been the male name Menze (or Mensse), found in the
Friesland
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area.
[Sirkka Paikkala:]
Mäntsälä
. ''Suomalainen paikannimikirja'', p. 281. Kotimaisten kielten keskus. (in Finnish)
Services
The church village houses the Mäntsälä town hall, the Mäntsälä church completed in 1865, the Mäntsälä health center, several educational institutions, the Mäntsälä multipurpose house and the
Mäntsälä railway station
Mäntsälä railway station ( fi, Mäntsälän rautatieasema, sv, Mäntsälä järnvägsstation) is located in the town of Mäntsälä, Finland, approximately from Helsinki Central railway station.
The station was opened on 3 September 2006 as ...
.
Mäntsälä bus station is one of the busiest stations in rural Finland. Many Mäntsälä residents work in other locations, and bus traffic has long played a significant role in Mäntsälä. The current bus station was completed in 1962.
There are three grocery stores in the church village:
K-Citymarket
sv, Kesko Abp
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,
S-market
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and
Lidl
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.
Lidl Mäntsälä
(in Finnish)
Transport
The church village is located in the middle of the municipality at the intersection of major roads, Highways 4 and Highway 25, and Main Road 55 in the direction of Porvoo. The current Highway 4 runs as a motorway
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past the church village, but the old road between Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
and Lahti, the current regional road 140, runs directly through it and serves as the main street in the urban area. Next to the motorway is the Kerava–Lahti railway
The Kerava–Lahti railway line or Lahden oikorata (Lahti direct line) is a railway line in southern Finland between the towns of Kerava and Lahti, which opened on 3 September 2006.
History
In 1990, the Ministry of Transport commissioned a stud ...
line, which was opened in 2006, along which is the Mäntsälä railway station near the church village.[Mäntsälän kirkonkylän kartta](_blank)
- Mäntsälän kunta ja Karttatiimi (in Finnish)
See also
* 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 ( ...
* Monninkylä
Monninkylä (; sv, Monby, , formerly known as ''Månby'') is a village in Askola municipality in Eastern Uusimaa. Together with Askola's church village, it is one of the main settlement centers of the municipality. Monninkylä has a population of ...
* 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 ...
* Sälinkää
References
Mäntsälä
Villages in Finland
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