Nakkila
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 / 61.367°N 22.000°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 km2 (71.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 182.93 km2 (70.63 sq mi) |
| • Water | 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 268th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,952 |
| • Rank | 167th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 27.07/km2 (70.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.6% |
| • Others | 1.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 14.8% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.5% |
| • 65 or older | 28.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.nakkila.fi |
Nakkila is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 4,952 (31 August 2024)[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 27.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (70.1/sq mi). There are two major sights, the Nakkila Church and the film studio Villilä, often referred as "Hollywood 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:
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ 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)
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