Pornainen
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Pornainen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpornɑinen]; Swedish: Borgnäs) is a small municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The neighboring municipalities are Askola in the east, Mäntsälä in the north, Porvoo in the southeast and Sipoo in the southwest.
The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The administrative centre of municipality is Kirveskoski (about 2,000 residents), also known as Pornainen's church village, and second largest village is Halkia (about 500 residents). The population density is [convert: invalid number].
Movies and scenes for TV productions and short films have been filmed in Pornainen from the 1930s to the present day. In the publications of film industry, Pornainen was once named the most photographed locality in Finland, that is why the municipality marketed itself under the nickname "Hollywood of Finland".[3][4] The village of Laukkoski is known as a summer destination for many former celebrities, such as actress Regina Linnanheimo, and writers Mika Waltari and Juhani Aho.[3][5]
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Pornainen:
- True Finns 25.4%
- Social Democratic Party 22.8%
- National Coalition Party 20.6%
- Centre Party 18.1%
- Green League 5.4%
- Left Alliance 3.6%
- Christian Democrats 1.6%
- Swedish People's Party 1.5%
People
- Wiljo Tuompo (1893–1957)
- Seppo Aho (born 1944)
- Joona Sotala (born 1998)
References
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- ^ "Hollywood of Finland" (in Finnish). Markkinointitoimisto Sensei. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ Arvila, Reetta (July 20, 2010). "Pornaisten Laukkoski on ollut Suomen Hollywood" (in Finnish). YLE. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
External links
Media related to Pornainen at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pornainen – Official website Template:Fi icon
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