page_title: Klaukkala
section_title: Early history
hierarchical_section_title: Klaukkala / History / Early history
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Klaukkala from the 18th century. Suomi: Klaukkalan kartta 1700-luvulta.
context_page_description: Klaukkala is a large town-like village in the southern part of the Nurmijärvi municipality of Uusimaa, Finland, near Lake Valkjärvi. It is the largest of the villages in Nurmijärvi and often mistakenly thought to be a separate city. In the 2010s, Klaukkala's urban area has grown to be part of the Helsinki urban area.
  Klaukkala has a population of almost 18,000 and is the fastest-growing area of Nurmijärvi; almost half of the total population of the municipality lives in Klaukkala. Its population began to rise in the 1960s, when it surpassed the church village of Nurmijärvi. In the 1970s, Klaukkala also grew larger than Rajamäki, which until then was the largest of Nurmijärvi's villages. At that time, Klaukkala's population was over 2,500. Nowadays, the population of the Klaukkala is even larger than the three towns in Uusimaa: Hanko, Karkkila and Loviisa. Klaukkala has significant migration mainly from the Helsinki conurbation; being a rural village a half-hour's drive away from the Helsinki centre, it especially attracts families with children.
context_section_description: The earliest references to Klaukkala date back to the 16th century, at which time the village was part of the Helsinki parish (Finnish: Helsingin pitäjä). The earliest inhabitants were mainly tavastians. In the 1540s there were as many as 11 houses in Klaukkala, which together constituted five full taxes: Viiri, Tilkka, Gunnari, Olli, Huitti, Seppälä and Klaukka, which was the oldest house in the village. In 1592, a part of Klaukka's estate was created by dividing the Mylläri house according to its host, miller Erkki Niilonpoika. Thus, in 1600 there were 10 farms in Klaukkala and one desert farm (one of the houses in Viiri). Klaukkala is mentioned in the 1500s as the prosperous village of the parish.
  The population of Klaukkala remained unstable between the mid-16th century and the 18th century. In the 16th century, the population remained fairly constant through the early 17th century, but then began to decline due to superpower wars, until the Great Famine years of the 1690s reduced the population by about 20%. The population grew momentarily before the Great Northern War, which again caused the population to decline. By the mid-18th century, however, the population had grown considerably. The fluctuations in house numbers in the villages followed the boom and bust until the late 17th century, after which the number of deserts remained the same. The reason for this was that the rapid population growth was mainly due to the stateless population, while the old farm numbers remained the same and more resources were needed to maintain them. In the latter part of the 18th century, the homeless population created a need for colonization and the establishment of farmhouses.
caption: Old map of the Gunnari area in the Klaukkala village from 1724.[14]
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