Place:Kerava, Uusimaa, Finland

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NameKerava
Alt namesKervosource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates60.417°N 25.167°E
Located inUusimaa, Finland
Also located inUusimaa, Etelä-Suomi, Finland    
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Kerava is a town and municipality within the Uusimaa region of Finland. The municipalities of Vantaa, Sipoo and Tuusula are adjacent to Kerava, which is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area.

The town has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is . Kerava is the 30th largest municipality in terms of population, but the 5th smallest municipality in terms of area in Finland (and the second smallest in the Uusimaa region after Kauniainen). However, it is also third most densely populated area in the sub-region after Helsinki and Kauniainen. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The Sinebrychoff brewery operations are based in Kerava. There is also a well-known prison in the town (Keravan vankila), which includes 94 places in the open prison ward.

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