Tuusula Lake Road on the eastern shore of the lake is an outside museum. The Jokela rail crash was a rail crash which occurred on 21 April 1996 here. Jokela High School was the site of the Jokela school shooting, a school shooting which occurred on 7 November 2007, leaving 9 dead (including the 18-year-old perpetrator, Pekka-Eric Auvinen). Notable people Ilmari Juutilainen, the top flying ace of the Finnish Air Force Eino Leino, poet Teemu Suninen, rally driver Demographics Tuusula, in the Helsinki suburbs, has been in a positive balance of population, with it more than doubling in size since 1970. The municipality is officially Finnish. Swedish was the second official language until 1943. Today only 2% are Swedish-speaking. Population in: 1970 – 17.235 1980 – 22.151 1987 – 26.234 1990 – 27.328 1997 – 29.957 2000 – 31.957 2007 – 34.890 Politics Parliamentary elections Results of the 2019 Finnish parliamentary election in Tuusula: Finns Party 21% National Coalition Party 20.4% Social Democratic Party 16.5% Centre Party 12.3% Green League 11.3% Movement Now 5.3% Left Alliance 4.8% Blue Reform 2.6% Christian Democrats 2% Other parties 4% Municipal Council Twin towns – Sister cities Tuusula is twinned with: Economy and Infrastructure Economy Due its proximity to the Helsinki, Tuusula is, for the most part, a commuter town. Tuusula itself has around 10,000 jobs. 66% of the jobs are in the service sector, 31% in the workforce, and 1.5% are farmers. The unemployment rate amounted to 3% (2007), far below the national average. Transportation From the centre of Tuusula, Hyrylä, there are good bus connections to Helsinki, via the Tuusula motorway. There are also two train stations in the main railway line of Finland, Jokela and Nuppulinna. Nuppulinna, however, was discontinued in 2016. Education Tuusula's network of schools include: 18 primary schools 4 secondary schools 3 high schools 1 hospital school See also For Tuusula Tuusula Highway References External links Municipality of Tuusula – official site Greater Helsinki Populated places established in 1643 1643 establishments in Sweden