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19-529: Orimattila ( Finnish pronunciation: [ˈoriˌmɑtːilɑ] ) is a town in Päijänne Tavastia region , Finland . The southern part of Lahti is connected to the village of Pennala , which is located in the northern part of the Orimattila municipality. Its neighboring municipalities are Hollola , Iitti , Kärkölä , Lahti, Lapinjärvi , Mäntsälä , Myrskylä and Pukkila . Orimattila has

38-626: A consortium can only be the provision of support services. Organisational responsibility cannot be delegated to a consortium. The wellbeing services counties are following the social reform initiated by the Marin Cabinet . On 23 June 2021, the Parliament of Finland approved the bills on social and health care reform. According to the law on the implementation of the reform, the tasks and organizational responsibility for social and health care services and rescue services were transferred from

57-561: A house called Orhimattila , hosted by Henrich Mattzsson Orhimattila, which was already written in a 1573 book of judgment. The coat of arms was designed by Ahti Hammar and approved by the Orimattila Municipal Council at its meeting on September 15, 1956. The Ministry of the Interior approved the use of the coat of arms on December 17 of the same year. Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections , resulted in

76-415: A population of 15,637 (31 October 2024), and it covers an area of 814.01 square kilometers of which 28.87 square kilometers is water. The municipality is also unilingually Finnish . Its per-capita population is around 20.14. The subject of the coat of arms of Orimattila, "a stallion horse carrying a scythe ", refers to both the name of the municipality and local agriculture . The name itself comes from

95-423: A special status and has a much higher degree of autonomy than the others, with its own Parliament and local laws, due to its unique history and the fact that the overwhelming majority of its people are Finland Swedes . The sole language of Åland is Swedish / Finland Swedish , unlike the rest of the country where Finnish and Swedish share official status. It has its own elected head of government who carries

114-452: Is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Orimattila at Wikimedia Commons Regions of Finland Finland is divided into 19 regions ( Finnish : maakunta ; Swedish : landskap ) which are governed by regional councils that serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of each region. The councils are composed of delegates from the municipal councils. The main tasks of regional councils are regional planning,

133-542: The Continuation War . Orimattila became a town in 1992. In 2009, the municipality decided not to participate in the merger negotiations between the municipalities of Artjärvi and Orimattila, and on March 22, 2010, the two municipalities merged. The following diagram shows the city's population development over the past five years. The region where the city is located is used according to the situation on January 1, 2017. Culture Athletes Orimattila

152-578: The Great Northern War , which was caused by the Russian occupation of Finland , the parishes of Orimattila and Hollola were temporarily united. The following year, the bishop of Orimattila was forced to collect taxes from the neighboring parish of Hollola , which was then taken over by the bishop of Stockholm . Many immigrants from the Kirvu region were settled in Orimattila as a result of

171-505: The True Finns being the largest group on Orimattila council, in Orimattila. The area of Orimattila contains Finland's oldest known settlement. Orimattila gets its name from a local farm, established by Matti Laurinpoika in 1539. His estate was known as Orih-Mattila . As a village, Orimattila was first mentioned in 1561 as Orihmattila . A chapel community was established in the late 1500s, and it became an independent parish after it

190-527: The Ministries of Employment and the Economy, Transport and Communications and Environment. The Finnish Defence Forces regional offices are responsible for the regional defence preparations and for the administration of conscription within the region. Border changes between the regions: Wellbeing services counties of Finland The wellbeing services counties are self-governing . They do not have

209-445: The development of enterprises, and education. Between 2004 and 2012, the regional council of Kainuu was elected via popular elections as part of an experimental regional administration. In 2022, new Wellbeing services counties were established as part of a health care and social services reform. The wellbeing services counties follow the regional borders, and are governed by directly elected county councils. One region, Åland , has

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228-656: The government, the reform was necessary to ensure equality of service, reduce inequalities in health and well-being, and control cost growth. The responsibilities of wellbeing services counties include: The cooperation between the counties and municipalities is focused on promoting health and well-being, thereby reducing the need for health and social services . In addition, private healthcare operators and organisations and associations can complement public health and social services. The municipalities are responsible, for example, for day care for children , education , sport and culture . The highest decision-making body in

247-471: The municipalities to the counties on 1 January 2023. In order to implement regional cooperation and an appropriate service structure, five cooperation areas were formed from the counties, corresponding to the special areas of responsibility of the university hospitals . The establishment of the wellbeing services counties was one of the most important administrative reforms in Finnish history. According to

266-416: The mutual interests of the counties. It may carry on a low-risk business in its territory or in conjunction with another county that supports the performance of its statutory functions. The counties may carry out their functions jointly under an agreement. The forms of cooperation are a joint institution, a joint office, an agreement on the performance of official duties and a welfare consortium. The business of

285-643: The national government on Åland. Åland is a demilitarized zone and Åland islanders are exempt from conscription. In addition to inter-municipal cooperation, which is the responsibility of regional councils, there are 15 Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Finnish: elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus , abbreviated ely-keskus ), which are responsible for the local administration of labour, agriculture, fisheries, forestry and entrepreneurial affairs. They are each responsible for one or more of regions of Finland, and include offices of

304-405: The right to levy taxes and their funding is based on central government funding. The central government allocates different amounts of funding to the different wellbeing services counties, depending on the structure of their population. A wellbeing services county may also perform functions in its territory that support its statutory functions, such as international activities and the protection of

323-571: The title of Premier and heads the Lantråd , the regional executive. Most powers that would be exercised by the Government of Finland on the mainland are instead exercised by Åland-specific authorities which execute independent policy in most areas. The Åland islanders elect a single representative to the national legislature , while the Government of Finland appoints a Governor to represent

342-530: The wellbeing county is the County council , which is responsible for the operation, administration and finances of the welfare area. The delegates and deputy commissioners of the county council are elected in the county elections for a four-year term. The number of delegates ranges from 59 to 89, depending on the population of the county. There will be 21 wellbeing services counties in Finland: In addition,

361-403: Was separated from the neighboring parish of Hollola in 1636. The parish and its main settlement were still known as Orihmattila until the 19th century. Orih is an older pronunciation of the word ori meaning "stallion", though the loss of the h in place names was prevented by the element after it, in this case -mattila (cf. Orivesi , also called Orihvesi until the 19th century). During

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