Toijala

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Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa.

Toijala is known as an important railway crossroads, where the Helsinki–Tampere and Turku–Tampere tracks meet.

Toijala is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 8,305 (end of April 2004) and covered an area of 58.60 km² of which 7.72 km² is water. The population density was 163.2 (December 31, 2003) inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish.