Klaukkala (Swedish: Klövskog) is an urban village in the southern
part of Nurmijärvi municipality near Lake Valkjärvi. Until the
2010s, Klaukkala was an agglomeration, but now it has merged into
the Helsinki metropolitan area.
The population of Klaukkala
and its surrounding areas is almost 20,000, and it is growing the
fastest among the Nurmijärvi agglomerations. The population of
Klaukkala began to rise in the 1960s, when it surpassed the main
settlement of Nurmijärvi, Kirkonkylä. In the 1970s, Klaukkala also
grew larger than Rajamäki, which until then had the largest
population in the Nurmijärvi agglomeration.
2020-first
century Klaukkala change the residents of the metropolitan area,
above all, the rural settlement half an hour's drive from the center
of Helsinki attracts especially families with children. At the
beginning of the 2000s, many detached houses were built in
Klaukkala, but the situation has changed, as up to three quarters of
the new houses are storey, terraced and semi-detached houses.
Klaukkala is about 5 km from Espoo and the Vantaa border and less
than 30 km from Helsinki. It is crossed by regional road 132 from
Hämeenlinnanväylä to Loppi.
Traffic volumes increased by
population growth are causing problems. The main challenge is the
very congested Klaukkalantie, which is used by about 16,000 vehicles
/ day. A solution to the problem is being sought on the bypass
between the village of Numlahti and Hämeenlinnanväylä, which runs
from the northern part of Klaukkala and has been planned since the
early 1980s. The road will be built by Kreate Oy and its estimated
completion time is in autumn 2021, but the road will be opened to
traffic as early as November 2020. Continuation of the road to the
east to Tuusula as part of the Ring Road IV project is also planned.
There are also plans for a possible rail connection to Helsinki,
probably as a continuation of the Vantaankoski line.
In 2017,
the construction of Viirinlaakso began. Among other things, seven
apartment buildings and a new travel center will be built in
Viirinlaakso. An exceptionally 10-storey "landmark" of Klaukkala
will also be built there, on the ground floor of which will be the
Matkahuolto office, which is connected to the travel centre's
waiting areas, and a restaurant.
Among other things, the
people of Klaukkala have put forward ideas on social media about
Klaukkala leaving its own municipality or joining either Espoo or
Vantaa, due to the residents' dissatisfaction with the decisions of
the Nurmijärvi municipality. The delay in many construction works
has also irritated some residents of the area.