Editing Vantaa (section)

===Grand Duchy of Finland under Russian rule===
[[File:Tikkurila railway station.jpg|thumb|right|The old station building of [[Tikkurila]]]]
[[File:Helsinge kyrkby.jpg|thumb|right|The historical parish of ''Helsingin Pitäjä'' in the late 1800s]]
[[Ore]] deposits in ''Helsingin pitäjä'' had been discovered in the 1700s, but weren't utilized until Finland transferred to Russian control in the early 1800s. Ore extraction and processing lead to rapid industrialization in the area, with communities forming around locations like [[Tikkurila]] and [[Kerava]]. The industrial community in Tikkurila included an [[expeller pressing]] plant, which currently operates in the area as the paint manufacturer [[Tikkurila (corporation)|Tikkurila Oyj]].

The capital of autonomous Finland was moved from Turku to Helsinki in the early 1800s and ''Helsingin pitäjä'' fell behind the growing population development of Helsinki proper. ''Helsingin pitäjä'' gained municipality rights in 1865 because of the first municipal law enacted in Finland, after which it was named ''Helsingin maalaiskunta/Helsinge kommun'' ("Rural Municipality of Helsinki"). In 1805 ''Helsingin pitäjä'' had 4840 inhabitants, Sveaborg had 4606 and Helsinki had 4337. After six decades ''Helsingin pitäjä'' had about 7000 inhabitants while Helsinki already had 23,000.<ref name="historiaa"/>

The parish assembly meeting in 1823 established the general order, which specified crimes and punishments they resulted in. One of the reasons the general order was made was the increase of rootless vagabonds in the society. The parish assembly meeting and participation of citizens in keeping up the order was needed, because the state officials failed to keep the poor-mannered part of the people under control. Crimes not resulting in a court session were handled in the parish assembly meeting by announcement from the [[lensmann|fief holder]].<ref name="kuisma"/>{{rp|106–109, 396–397}}

Interest towards a people's education increased in the early 19th century, when basic education still mostly depended on home tuition. By a suggestion from vicar Erik Crohns, a school was founded in Kirkonkylä in 1825 and a school master was hired.<ref name="litzén">Litzén, Aulikki; Vuori, Jukka: ''Helsingin maalaiskunnan historia 1865-1945''. City of Vantaa 1997. {{ISBN|951-8959-77-3}}.</ref>{{rp|19}}

The year 1865 is considered a significant year in the history of Vantaa, as municipal rule in Finland was established in that year and ''Helsingin pitäjä'' became ''Helsingin maalaiskunta'', the rural municipality of Helsinki. This also led to the congregation regaining its position as an independent vicar area. The railway centre of [[Malmi, Helsinki|Malmi]] became the administrative centre of the rural municipality.

In 1862, the railway between Helsinki and [[Hämeenlinna]] was constructed, and one of its seven stations was built in Tikkurila, on its intersection with King's Road. The Swedish architect Carl Albert Edelfelt designed a [[Renaissance Revival architecture|Renaissance Revival]] styled station building, which is the oldest extant station building in Finland and (as of 1978) has been adapted into the Vantaa City Museum. The old station building in Tikkurila is the only [[brick]] station building in Finland preserved in its original state. The building was designed by the provincial architect of the [[Häme Province]], [[Carl Albert Edelfelt]] (1818-1869).<ref name="historiaa"/> The railway brought industry and induced population growth.

The [[Finnish famine of 1866–1868]] decreased the population of Vantaa by 1300 people, and population growth was very slow for a whole decade. Only in the late 1870s Vantaa regained its population from 1865.<ref name="litzén"/>{{rp|25}} The elementary school in Kirkonkylä was founded on 15 September 1869, four years later than originally planned. There were two teachers, one for boys and one for girls.<ref name="litzén"/>{{rp|125}}

Four important roads passed through ''Helsingin pitäjä'' in the late 19th century: Hämeentie, the [[King's Road (Finland)|King's Road]], Nurmijärventie and Porvoontie. To the north of Kirkonkylä, Hämeentie leading north crossed the King's Road. The King's Road connected [[Turku]] with [[Vyborg]] and [[Saint Petersburg]]. The King's Road, leading northwest, started from Helsinki as an extension of Läntinen Viertotie (now known as [[Mannerheimintie]]). Porvoontie connected Hämeentie and the King's Road separating from Hämeentie between Viikki and Malminkylä and connecting to the King's Road in eastern [[Hakkila, Vantaa|Hakkila]].<ref name="litzén"/>{{rp|13–15}}

The largest industrial facility in ''Helsingin maalaiskunta'' in the late 19th century was the Arabia porcelain factory. Its production value was greater than that of all the other factories in the municipality put together. The factory was active in the village of Koskela, to the north of Helsinki, and was named after the villa Arabia previously located at the site of the factory.<ref name="litzén"/>{{rp|111}}

The growing city of Helsinki needed large amounts of building materials, brought from Uusimaa and Tavastia. Brick factories in ''Helsingin maalaiskunta'' were located in [[Tikkurila]], [[Lauttasaari]] and [[Kulosaari]].<ref name="litzén"/>{{rp|108}}

A brewery founded by J. K. Kröckell was active in [[Pitäjänmäki]], producing several styles of beer, sparkling wine, lemon-flavoured mead and a type of alcohol-free juice called Sorbus. The brewery horses carried malt products both to Helsinki and to the nearby railway station, continuing all the way to [[Tampere]]. The Pitäjänmäki brewery remained in action until 1914.<ref name="litzén"/>{{rp|108}}

In 1899, an edict about tightly populated communities came into force in Finland. During the next couple of decades, almost twenty tightly populated communities were founded in the area of ''Helsingin maalaiskunta''. Of these, [[Huopalahti]] separated into its own municipality in 1920, [[Oulunkylä]] in 1921 and [[Kulosaari]] in 1922. With the exception of Tikkurila, all these communities were discontinued in early 1946 as they were annexed to the city of Helsinki. The tightly populated community of Tikkurila was discontinued together with the rest of the tightly populated communities in Finland in early 1956.