Luopioinen
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox settlement Luopioinen is a former municipality of Finland, situated about Template:Convert from Tampere. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region and in 2007 it was joined to the municipality of Pälkäne. It is a rural town containing a few lakes, most famous being lake Kukkia.
History
Luopioinen was established during the Middle Ages, though the exact date is unclear. It remained a small village until 1693 when it acquired a chapel. At this time, Luopioinen was a part of the Hauho parish and was also known as Vesikansa. It became an independent parish in 1880, by then the alternative name Vesikansa had fallen out of use.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Aitoo was first mentioned in 1890.
Luopioinen was consolidated with Pälkäne in 2007.
Name
The name of Luopioinen comes from either a dialectal noun luopa meaning a narrow strait or from the verb luoda. It is unrelated to the word luopio meaning "apostate".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Statistics
- Established in 1868
- Population 2,372 (as of December 31, 2003)
- Age distribution
- 0–14 yrs 14.9%
- 15–64 yrs 57.1%
- 65– yrs 28.0%
- Total area 391.8 km2, of which 74.3 km2 are lakes
- Income tax percentage 18.50%
- Unemployment rate 9.3% (as of 2002)
People born in Luopioinen
- August Hyöki (1874–1960)