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Palojoki (; literally "fire river") is a
Taaborinvuoren museot
(in Finnish) Kivi describes his home village as follows:
Palojoki - Aleksis Kiven jalanjäljillä
(in Finnish) Aleksis Kivi Cultural heritage Nurmijärvi Villages in Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub
Palojoki (; literally "fire river") is a village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...
of about a thousand inhabitants in Nurmijärvi
Nurmijärvi () is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki. The neighboring municipalities of Nurmijärvi are Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, and it is part of the Greater Helsinki. Th ...
, Finland
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. It is located close to the border of Tuusula
Tuusula (; sv, Tusby ) is a municipality of Finland. It belongs to the Helsinki sub-region of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of
() and is by far the third largest municipality in Finland after Nurmijärvi and Kirkkonummi ...
, about 30 kilometers north of 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 the regional road 139 (Palojoentie on the Nurmijärvi side, Nahkelantie on the Tuusula side) runs from the Nurmijärvi's church village to Hyrylä
Hyrylä ( sv, Skavaböle, also ) is one of the three villages and the administrative centre of Tuusula, with a population of about 19,500 residents.http://www.tuusula.fi/teksti.tmpl?id=751;numero=101253120 Tuusula.fi information
It is located ...
, Tuusula. Klaukkala is from Palojoki. The village has a primary school
A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...
called Palojoki School (''Palojoen koulu'').
The village is named after the adjacent Palojoki River, which flows into the Vantaa River near the village. The area of the village is about 50 km2 and its highest point (Haukkaankallio) is about 50 m above sea level. Palojoki is home to one of the nationally significant built cultural environments defined by the Finnish Heritage Agency.
Aleksis Kivi
The most famous resident of Palojoki is the Finnish national author Aleksis Kivi (1834–1872), whose birthplace currently serves as amuseum
A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...
. The Kivi Festival (''Kivi-juhlat''), which features plays by Aleksis Kivi, is held in the summer on Taaborinvuori in the village.(in Finnish) Kivi describes his home village as follows:
See also
* NukariLiterature
* Tarja Raninen: ''Nummisuutareiden naapurit.'' Palojoen kyläyhdistys, Rusutjärvi: Reuna, 2013. . (in Finnish)References
External links
Palojoki - Aleksis Kiven jalanjäljillä
(in Finnish) Aleksis Kivi Cultural heritage Nurmijärvi Villages in Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub