Tuusula
Tuusula
Tusby | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Tuusulan kunta Tusby kommun | |
The wooden church of Tuusula | |
Location of Tuusula in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°24′N 025°02′E / 60.400°N 25.033°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
| Metropolitan area | Helsinki metropolitan area |
| Founded | 1643 |
| Seat | Hyrylä |
| Villages | Jokela, Kellokoski |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Hannu Joensivu |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 225.45 km2 (87.05 sq mi) |
| • Land | 219.53 km2 (84.76 sq mi) |
| • Water | 5.95 km2 (2.30 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 254th largest in Finland |
| Elevation | 63 m (207 ft) |
| Population (2025-03-31) | |
• Total | 42,373 |
| • Rank | 27th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 193.02/km2 (499.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 89.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.4% |
| • Others | 8.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 18.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 63.3% |
| • 65 or older | 18.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 04301 |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
Tuusula (Finnish: [ˈtuːsulɑ]; Swedish: Tusby [ˈtʉːsby]) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Tuusula is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Tuusula is approximately 42,000. It is the 27th most populous municipality in Finland and the second most populous municipality without city status (Finnish: kaupunki) after Nurmijärvi. Tuusula is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, which has approximately 1.61 million inhabitants.
A laurel branch in the coat of arms of Tuusula refers to the local artist community and a wheellock was borrowed from the coat of arms of the Stålhane noble family, which has long been influential in Tuusula. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson in 1953.