Monninkylä (; , , formerly known as ''Månby'') is a village in

Askola Askola () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Monninkylä is the largest village of the municipality ...

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Eastern Uusimaa Eastern Uusimaa or, officially, Itä-Uusimaa (; ; literally "Eastern New Land") was one of the 19 regions of Finland, until it consolidated with the region of Uusimaa on 1 January 2011. It bordered the regions of Uusimaa, Päijänne Tavastia (Pä ...

. Together with Askola's church village, it is one of the main settlement centers of the municipality. Monninkylä has a population of 1,339, which makes it the largest village of the municipality in terms of population. The location of the village, near the

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between

Porvoo Porvoo (; ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located on the south coast of the country, on the Gulf of Finland. Porvoo lies in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Porvoo is approximately , while the Porvoo sub-region, sub-re ...

and

Mäntsälä Mäntsälä () is a municipality in the province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa region. It has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finni ...

, has greatly influenced population growth. The village is located just off the Porvoo border, but the distance to the city centre is about 17

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s. Also, the distance from Monninkylä to Mäntsälä is about 21 kilometres and to

Kirveskoski Kirveskoski (; officially ''Pornaisten kirkonkylä'') is a village of about 2000 inhabitants in Pornainen, Uusimaa, Finland, and the administrative center of the municipality. Next to the village is the Mustijoki, Mustijoki River (''Karjakoski'' b ...

of the neighbouring municipality

Pornainen Pornainen (; ) is a small municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa regions of Finland, region. The neighboring municipalities are Askola ...

is about 10 kilometres. The nearest lake is Vahijärvi in the northern part of the village, across the main road.

Buildings and services

Monninkylä is home to three schools: Askola High School, Vocational College (AMISTO) maintained by the Regional Council of Eastern Uusimaa and Monninkylä Primary School, that was reported after the

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set fire to the school in July 2017. In Monninkylä, the municipal services include: clinic, dentist, library, kebab pizzeria, Sale grocery store, hairdressing salon, driving school and Osuuspankki bank office. The village is also home to Finland's only outdoor swimming pool maintained by a parish, which is open from June to August. There is also an indoor mini golf called ''Monacon minigolfkeskus'' in the Monninkylä centre.Monacon minigolfkeskus – Facebook
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Monninkylä
- Official Facebook Group Askola Villages in Uusimaa Urban areas in Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

Buildings and services

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