Nakkila
| Nakkila | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Nakkilan kunta | ||
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Kauppatie, the main street of Nakkila's centre in December 2014. | ||
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 Location of Nakkila in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 61°22′N 022°00′E / 61.367°N 22.000°ECoordinates: 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 | Kalevi Virén | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 184.88 km2 (71.38 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 182.91 km2 (70.62 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 309th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 5,650 | |
| • Rank | 170th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 30.89/km2 (80.0/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 | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% | |
| 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 5,650 (31 March 2016)[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 30.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (80.0/sq mi). There are two major sights in Nakkila, the 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 Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 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
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ http://www.nakkila.fi/?lang=fi&url=muut/yleista.xml
External links
Media related to N at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Nakkila – Official website (Finnish)
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