Hollola in a nutshell
Hollola is a home municipality in Päijät-Hämee. The administrative and commercial center of the municipality is Salpakangas.
Hollola has many natures. It is a traditional, but up-to-date municipality surrounded by nature and at the same time conveniently close to services. It is a communal and active home place where it is peaceful to live and uncomplicated to try. It's easy to come here and settle down.
The municipality's attractive factors are the proximity of services and good transport links, good recreation areas and functioning basic services. One of Hollola's special features is also child-dominantness. Hollola has invested a lot in children and young people.
Hollola's outdoor trails invite you to move around in nature and admire the landscape shaped by the ice age: forests, Salpausselkä ridge landscapes and lakes. Here is also the highest point in Southern Finland, Tiirismaa, which rises to a height of 223 meters above sea level. Hollola is part of the Salpauselkä Geopark, which is recognized by UNESCO for our geological natural heritage.
The story of Hollola
According to the story, the municipality got its name from two giants, Hollo and Marta, who tried to build a church on Kapatuosia hill, today's church village of Hollola. Hollo carried the foundation stones, but they rolled down the hill to their current location. Martta got nervous about this and shouted "HOLLO!" in a loud voice, which echoed Hollo...lo...lo...la. And that's how the village got its name.
Hollola has already been inhabited since the Stone Age, in the Viking Age it was a major trade center and in the Middle Ages the churchwarden of Hollola was the head of the region larger than today's Päijät-Hämetta. It was also a significant fortress keeper in the border region, protecting its residents and the rest of Finland from enemy raids.
Throughout the ages, Hollola has been a place where trade is done and where people live. It provided protection, security and sustenance from generation to generation. The village of Lahti also separated from Mother Hollola, which first grew into a town and then into a city. Today, Hollola is successful as a municipality where you build a home, business or return home from the world.
Values and vision
Hollola's values are as follows:
- Very forward-thinking
- Very brave
- Very appreciative
- Very agile
Our vision is to be very desirable and a very good example.
Hollola in numbers:
About 23 inhabitants
Founded in 1865
Area 727 km²
Land areas 651 km²
Water areas 76 km"
Approximately 1 company locations
EU support area 2
Distances from the municipal center of Salpakakka
Lahti 8 km
Hämeenlinna 66 km
Helsinki 107 km
Tampere 120 km
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