Röylä (; , ) is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

Espoo Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsi ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It is located in the

Pohjois-Espoo Pohjois-Espoo (; ) is a north main district of Espoo, a city in Finland. It contains the districts Bodom, Kalajärvi, Lahnus, Lakisto, Luukki, Niipperi, Perusmäki, Röylä, Vanhakartano and Velskola. See also * Districts of Espoo ...

area, northern shores of the

Lake Bodom Lake Bodom (; ) is a Finnish lake located in the city of Espoo, not far from Helsinki. The lake measures approximately three kilometres in length and one kilometre in width. It is surrounded by five districts in Espoo: Kunnarla in the west, R ...

. Röylä had 410 inhabitants at the turn of the year 2019–2020 and the average age of the residents is 56,6 years. The Swedish name ''Rödskog'' literally means "red forest", but it may be an abbreviation of the words ''rödjad skog'', which means a "

burn-clearing Slash-and-burn agriculture is a form of shifting cultivation that involves the cutting and burning of plants in a forest or woodland to create a field called a swidden. The method begins by cutting down the trees and woody plants in an area. The ...

forest" for

agricultural Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created f ...

purposes. For the most part, Röylä consists of

fields Fields may refer to: Music *Fields (band), an indie rock band formed in 2006 * Fields (progressive rock band), a progressive rock band formed in 1971 * ''Fields'' (album), an LP by Swedish-based indie rock band Junip (2010) * "Fields", a song by ...

and

forest A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense ecological community, community of trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, ...

s. Many

Stone Age The Stone Age was a broad prehistory, prehistoric period during which Rock (geology), stone was widely used to make stone tools with an edge, a point, or a percussion surface. The period lasted for roughly 3.4 million years and ended b ...

settlements have been found in Röylä. The building stock of the area is almost completely

detached house A single-family detached home, also called a single-detached dwelling, single-family residence (SFR) or separate house is a free-standing residential building. It is defined in opposition to a multi-family residential dwelling. Definitions ...

s. There are several small and smaller lakes in the western part of Röylä, such as Häkläjärvi, Sorvalampi, Hepolampi and Igelträsk. The eastern part of the narrow Lake Pitkäjärvi of Velskola also belongs to Röylä where only the northwestern part of Pitkäjärvi belongs to Velskola; the

peninsula A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is only connected to land on one side. Peninsulas exist on each continent. The largest peninsula in the world is the Arabian Peninsula. Etymology The word ''peninsula'' derives , . T ...

s protruding east from the northwest shore extend to the Röylä area according to the official district division. There is one

Swedish-language Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first ...

school in Röylä, Rödskogs skola. Right next to the school is Snettans Farm. In addition, Röylä has several horse farms with

riding school An equestrian facility is created and maintained for the purpose of accommodating, training or competing equids, especially horses. Based on their use, they may be known as a barn, stables, or riding hall and may include commercial operations de ...

s. In the southern part of Röylä is Hovgård, originally founded as an officer's

mansion A mansion is a large dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word ''mansio'' "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb ''manere'' "to dwell". The English word ''manse'' originally defined a property l ...

. Röylän ja Bodomin Seudun Omakotiyhdistys ry, founded in 1971, operates in the region of Pohjois-Espoo.Röylän ja Bodomin Seudun omakotiyhdistys ry
(in Finnish)

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