Pukkila
| Pukkila | |||
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| Pukkilan kunta | |||
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| Coordinates: 60°38.7′N 025°35′E / 60.645°N 25.583°ECoordinates: 60°38.7′N 025°35′E / 60.645°N 25.583°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Uusimaa | ||
| Sub-region | Porvoo sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1898 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Juha Myyryläinen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 145.94 km2 (56.3 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 145.04 km2 (56 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 321st largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2011-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 2,022 | ||
| • Rank | 288th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 13.94/km2 (36.1/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language[3] | |||
| • Finnish | 97.8% (official) | ||
| • Swedish | 0.9% | ||
| • Others | 1.3% | ||
| Population by age[4] | |||
| • 0 to 14 | 20.2% | ||
| • 15 to 64 | 62% | ||
| • 65 or older | 17.8% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | ||
| Website | www.pukkila.fi | ||
Pukkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpukkila]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 2,022 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 145.94 square kilometres (56.35 sq mi) of which 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 13.94 inhabitants per square kilometre (36.1 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Buckila" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Pukkila" also in Swedish.[6]
In 1962, a former villager, Onni Nurmi, bequethedthe village 760 shares in a company called Nokia - at the time a manufacturer of rubbber workboots - on condition was that these shares would never be sold. The village is now very wealthy[7][8].
[edit] Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Pukkila:
- Centre Party 41.2%
- True Finns 23.0%
- National Coalition Party 14.8%
- Social Democratic Party 11.1%
- Green League 4.2%
- Left Alliance 3.4%
- Christian Democrats 1.3%
- Swedish People's Party 0.3%
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. 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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Research Institute for the Languages of Finland. 14 January 2009. http://www.kotus.fi/index.phtml?s=461. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ^ (French) http://bottescaoutchouc.free.fr/textes/lesfinlandais.html
- ^ (French) http://www.courrierinternational.com/article/2000/01/13/heurs-et-malheurs-d-un-village-qui-a-fait-fortune-avec-nokia
[edit] External links
Media related to Pukkila at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pukkila – Official website
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