Nakkila

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 5,300 (31 July 2020)[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 28.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (75.1/sq mi). There are two major sights, the Nakkila Church and the film studio Villilä, often referred as "Hollywood of Finland".

Nakkila
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
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionPori sub-region
Charter1861
Government
 • Municipal managerNina-Mari Turpela
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total184.88 km2 (71.38 sq mi)
 • Land182.91 km2 (70.62 sq mi)
 • Water1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi)
Area rank268th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total5,300
 • Rank165th largest in Finland
 • Density28.98/km2 (75.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.2% (official)
 • Swedish0.3%
 • Others0.5%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1417.5%
 • 15 to 6462.4%
 • 65 or older20.1%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.75%
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.nakkila.fi

Nakkila is a municipality 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:

Sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Nakkila is twinned with:

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. http://www.nakkila.fi/?lang=fi&url=muut/yleista.xml

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