Nakkila
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 5,432 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 184.88 square kilometres (71.38 sq mi) of which 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 29.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (77/sq mi). There are two major sights in Nakkila, the church and the film studio Villilä, often referred as "Hollywood of Finland".
Nakkila | |
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Municipality | |
Nakkilan kunta Nakkila kommun | |
![]() Porintie, one of the main streets at Nakkila's centre in July 2020. | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Nakkila in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°22′N 022°00′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Pori sub-region |
Charter | 1861 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Nina-Mari Turpela |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 184.88 km2 (71.38 sq mi) |
• Land | 182.91 km2 (70.62 sq mi) |
• Water | 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) |
Area rank | 268th largest in Finland |
Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,432 |
• Rank | 160th largest in Finland |
• Density | 29.7/km2 (77/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 99.2% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.3% |
• Others | 0.5% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 17.5% |
• 15 to 64 | 62.4% |
• 65 or older | 20.1% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www.nakkila.fi |
Nakkila is a municipality of Finland.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name Nackeby was earlier used in Swedish.[6]
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Nakkila:
- Left Alliance 22.1%
- True Finns 19.1%
- Centre Party 18.5%
- Social Democratic Party 17.7%
- National Coalition Party 15.9%
- Green League 3.2%
- Christian Democrats 3.2%
- Other parties 0.3%
Sister cities
Nakkila is twinned with:
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References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- http://www.nakkila.fi/?lang=fi&url=muut/yleista.xml
External links
- Municipality of Nakkila – Official website (in Finnish)
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