municipality decided not to participate in the merger negotiations between the municipalities of Artjärvi and Orimattila, and on March 22, 2010, the two municipalities merged. Population trends The following diagram shows the city's population development over the past five years. The region where the city is located is used according to the situation on January 1, 2017. Famous people Culture Selma Anttila, Writer Roni Back, YouTuber Miklu, Ex-YouTuber, Musician, Writer Kaj Chydenius, a composer, is staying in the village Eero Erkko, Member of Parliament 1907–1918, newspaperman J. H. Erkko, poet Eki Jantunen, musician Aki Kaurismäki, film director Mika Kaurismäki, film director Jukka Lehtinen, sculptor Paavo Melander, composer/lyricist Pentti Papinaho, sculptor Annika Siltaniemi, Tenavatähti winner Helmi Vuorelma, founder of the weaving company Athletes Taito Haara, power and weight lifter Kristiina Mäkelä, triple jumper Satu Mäkelä-Nummela, Olympic shooting gold medalist (women's trap) Jaakko Tuominen, hurdler Other famous people Yvonne de Bruyn, Miss Finland Vesa-Matti Peltola, sports expert Oskari Rajanen, sales advisor Twin towns — Sister cities Orimattila is twinned with: Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Germany Östhammar, Sweden Jõgeva, Estonia Valka, Latvia See also Artjärvi Myrskylä Pukkila References External links Municipality of Orimattila – Official website, finnish, swedish, english, german and russian Cities and towns in Finland Populated places established in 1636 1636 establishments in Sweden