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Kerava (Kervo in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 31,170 (2003) and covers an area of 30.86 km² of which 0.11 km² is water. The population density is 1010.0 inhabitants per km².
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Kerava Statistics
These statisttics are correct as of September 2004
30 137 inhabitants, of whom 41% under 30 years old
By population Finland’s 27th biggest town
Surface area 30.9km2 , of which water 0.1km2
Helsinki to Kerava by train takes about 25 minutes. On the motorway it’s about 30km and 20km to Helsinki-Vantaa airport
Kerava has 22 kindergartens, 9 primary schools, 3 secondary schools, 2 sixth-form colleges and a sixth-form evening school
There are altogether about 70 km of pedestrian-cycle paths within the city
Kerava has 31 different cultural societies, 50 sport organizations and about 90 other organizations.
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