Toijala is a former
town and
municipality of Finland, located some 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. The
Helsinki–Tampere and
Turku–Tampere tracks meet at
Toijala railway station.
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 of which is water. The
population density () was . The municipality was unilingually
Finnish.
Until 2015, Toijala hosted a
Nokia office which since 1997 collaborated with
Päivölän Kansanopisto by having some of its students work as paid interns for 12 hours/week.
On 4 April 2014, ten residents of Toijala became multi-millionaires when they won the record
Eurojackpot of €57 million.
Notable people
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Jarkko Ahola, musician (b. 1977)
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Harri Holkeri, 36th Prime Minister of Finland (1937–2011)
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Sasu Hovi, ice hockey player (b. 1982)
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Aki Kaurismäki, screenwriter and film director (b. 1957)
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Mika Kaurismäki, film director (b. 1955)
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Eveliina Similä, Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1978)
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Aki Sirkesalo, singer (1962–2004)
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Arvo Ylppö, pediatrician, professor, and archiater; credited as the father of Finland's public child welfare clinic system (1887–1992)
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Toijala is
twinned with:
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Nanchang, China (1997)
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Hallsberg,
Sweden (1946)
References
External links
Town of Akaa– Official website
Category:Populated places disestablished in 2007
Category:Former municipalities of Finland
Category:Akaa
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