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
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	Finland
Region	Satakunta
Sub-region	Pori sub-region
Charter	1861
Government
• Municipal manager	Nina-Mari Turpela
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	184.88 km^2 (71.38 sq mi)
• Land	182.91 km^2 (70.62 sq mi)
• Water	1.97 km^2 (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/km^2 (77/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	99.2% (official)
• Swedish	0.3%
• Others	0.5%
Population by age [4]
• 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

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Nakkila is twinned with:

• Boksitogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
3. "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.
4. "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.
5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
6. http://www.nakkila.fi/?lang=fi&url=muut/yleista.xml

External links

Media related to Nakkila at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Nakkila – Official website (in Finnish)