Jokioinen

Jokioinen (Swedish: Jockis) is a municipality of Finland.

Jokioinen Jockis
Municipality
Jokioisten kunta Jockis kommun
The grain storehouse with bell tower of Jokioinen Estates
Coat of arms
Location of Jokioinen in Finland
Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°29′E
Country	Finland
Region	Tavastia Proper
Sub-region	Forssa
Charter	1873
Government
• Municipal manager	Jukka Matilainen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	181.94 km2 (70.25 sq mi)
• Land	180.42 km2 (69.66 sq mi)
• Water	1.52 km2 (0.59 sq mi)
• Rank	270th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-03-31)[2]
• Total	4,838
• Rank	169th largest in Finland
• Density	26.82/km2 (69.5/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	96.1% (official)
• Swedish	0.4%
• Others	3.5%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	14.7%
• 15 to 64	58.2%
• 65 or older	27.1%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfc
Website	www.jokioinen.fi/in-english/

It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 4,838 (31 March 2025)^[2] and covers an area of 181.94 square kilometres (70.25 sq mi) of which 1.52 km² (0.59 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 26.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (69.5/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

A notable tourist attraction in the region is the Jokioinen Museum Railway.^{[citation needed]}

History

The history of Jokioinen is tightly connected to the Jokioinen estate, which was established in 1562. The estate developed into the largest estate in Finland during the time of the provincial governor Ernst Gustaf von Willebrand. At the beginning of 20th century the estate had a corn mill, saw mill, a brick factory, steel plant and a sugar and syrup factory.^{[citation needed]}

Due to the crofters law of 1918 and the land reform law of 1945 the estate was split into more than 1500 homes and small farms. The rest of the estate was transferred to the ownership of the Finnish state in 1918. In 1928 the Department of Finnish Plant Breeding from Tikkurila and in 1957 the observatory from Pasila were transferred to the Jokioinen estate.^{[citation needed]}

Climate

Jokioinen has a humid continental climate of the warm-summer type (Köppen: Dfb),^[4] typical of the South Finnish fringe.^[5] In the past it falls to the continental subarctic zone (Dfc, based in old data) with only 3 months above 10 °C.^[6][7] The conditions are similar to Tampere, although it is more than 70 km to the north which shows influence of the urbanization in the climate.^[8]

Climate data for Jokioinen (Hakala), elevation: 103 m or 338 ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	7.4 (45.3)	9.4 (48.9)	14.0 (57.2)	21.2 (70.2)	27.7 (81.9)	31.5 (88.7)	29.9 (85.8)	30.4 (86.7)	27.6 (81.7)	18.4 (65.1)	11.3 (52.3)	7.2 (45.0)	31.5 (88.7)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	−4.6 (23.7)	−4.1 (24.6)	0.4 (32.7)	6.8 (44.2)	15.0 (59.0)	19.7 (67.5)	20.9 (69.6)	19.1 (66.4)	13.4 (56.1)	7.7 (45.9)	1.7 (35.1)	−2.2 (28.0)	7.8 (46.1)
Daily mean °C (°F)	−7.5 (18.5)	−7.4 (18.7)	−3.5 (25.7)	2.4 (36.3)	9.4 (48.9)	14.3 (57.7)	15.8 (60.4)	14.2 (57.6)	9.4 (48.9)	4.7 (40.5)	−0.4 (31.3)	−4.9 (23.2)	3.9 (39.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	−11.2 (11.8)	−11.2 (11.8)	−7.7 (18.1)	−1.8 (28.8)	3.2 (37.8)	7.9 (46.2)	10.3 (50.5)	9.4 (48.9)	5.6 (42.1)	1.8 (35.2)	−3.0 (26.6)	−8.1 (17.4)	−0.4 (31.3)
Record low °C (°F)	−36.7 (−34.1)	−39.3 (−38.7)	−29.0 (−20.2)	−20.9 (−5.6)	−7.0 (19.4)	−3.1 (26.4)	0.8 (33.4)	−1.5 (29.3)	−8.8 (16.2)	−13.4 (7.9)	−24.5 (−12.1)	−33.4 (−28.1)	−39.3 (−38.7)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	36.0 (1.42)	24.0 (0.94)	25.0 (0.98)	32.0 (1.26)	35.0 (1.38)	47.0 (1.85)	80.0 (3.15)	83.0 (3.27)	65.0 (2.56)	58.0 (2.28)	55.0 (2.17)	42.0 (1.65)	582 (22.91)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	9.0	7.0	8.0	7.0	7.0	8.0	10.0	11.0	10.0	11.0	11.0	10.0	109
Mean monthly sunshine hours	36.6	70.5	133.0	174.4	252.1	276.4	247.2	203.6	125.0	81.2	35.4	27.3	1,662.7
Source: NOAA[7]

Economy

Employment structure of Jokioinen by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Services 64.9%, processing 23.3%, agriculture and forestry economics 9.6%.

Major employers

• MTT Agrifood Research Finland: 480
• Jokioinen municipality: 305
• Boreal Plant Breeding Ltd: 68
• Jokioisten Leipä Oy (bakery): 45
• Suomen Sokeri Oy Finnsugar (sugar mill): 44

Villages

Haapaniemi, Jokioinen, Jänhijoki, Kiipu, Lammi, Latovainio, Minkiö, Minkiön asema (Minkiö railway station), Niemi, Ojainen, Pellilä, Saari, and Vaulammi

Notable people

• Anneli Saaristo, (born 1949), singer