Residents | Somero has 8919 inhabitants. 256 of them are foreign. |
Persons | Rauli Badding Somerjoki, singer, song writer Unto Mononen, tango song writer Pentti Nikula, pole-vaulter M.A. Numminen, musician, cultural generalist Kaari Utrio, author Kai Linnilä, author Helvi Hämäläinen, poet Kaija Aarikka, jewel artist Risto Rasa, poet Heikki Paakkanen, comic artist Liisa Vitali, jewel artist Markku Toikka, actor, stage comedian Minna Nikkanen, pole-vaulter |
Landscape | Landscape in Somero varies from gravel eskers to wheat fields and from forested dales to water ways along Paimio river. Häntälä Hollows are hollows created by the river bed remnants of Uskela river during ice age. At the steepest points the river beds can fall down by 30 meters. |
Businesses | There are some 1100 businesses in Somero. The single largest employer is Laukamo company with 170 employees. |
Leisure | Somero has great amount of free time services compared to its size: swimming hall, multifunctional hall, youth site, indoor ice rink, horseback riding center, Hovimäki free time center, library, movie theater, culture center, turf field for football, bowling alley, motorsport track. Culture services in Somero are outsourced to Someron Kulttuuri society and sport services to Someron Liikunta society. |
Sights | The most remarkable sights and destinations to visit in Somero are Hovila and Härkälä manors, Somerniemi Summer Marketplace, Hiidenlinna castle, Häntälä Hollows, Badding kiosk Paradise, Croft Museum, Mäkilä Tractor Museum, Kärsälä Rosegreden and Horoscope Park Villa Tauro. |
Events | Annual events are Ruokava fest, Suviheinä Weeks, Somerniemi Summer Marketplace, Pole Carneval, Ol Hollil event, Burning Clay event, Street Dances right at the heart of the town and Somero Soikoon music fest. In the summer Ämyri and Esakallio dances, during winter Teeriharju dances. Summer theaters include Somerniemi Music Theater, Someron Tupanäyttämö and Myötätuuli Theater. During summer there are art exhibitions in Kiiruun tila, manors and Somero stone dairy. |
Traditional | Hentta and henttaloora, potato casserole dish Piapo, Finnish finely milled flour mixture made out of dark oats |
Surface Area
698 km2
Population
8 919 (2017)
Income tax rate 19,5
Businesses
1100