Toijala
Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some 40
kilometres (25 miles) south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was
consolidated with
Viiala to form the town of Akaa.
Toijala
Toijala is known as an important railway crossroads. The
Helsinki–
Tampere
Tampere and Turku–
Tampere
Tampere tracks meet at
Toijala
Toijala railway
station.
Toijala
Toijala is located in the province of
Western Finland and is part of
the
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 8,305 (end
of April 2004) and covered an area of 58.60 square kilometres (22.63
square miles) of which 7.72 square kilometres (2.98 square miles) is
water. The population density (as of
31 December 2003[update]) was 163.2 inhabitants per square
kilometre (423/sq mi). The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Until 2015,
Toijala
Toijala hosted a
Nokia
Nokia office which since 1997
collaborated with Päivölän Kansanopisto by having some of its
students work as paid interns for 12 hours/week.[1]
On 4 April 2014, ten residents of
Toijala
Toijala became multi-millionaires
when they won the record
Eurojackpot
Eurojackpot of €57 million.[2]
VR Class Tr1
VR Class Tr1 steam locomotive no. 1088 in Toijala
Contents
1 Notable people connected with Toijala
2 International relations
2.1 Twin towns — Sister cities
3 References
4 External links
Notable people connected with Toijala[edit]
Harri Holkeri
Aki Kaurismäki
Mika Kaurismäki
Aki Sirkesalo
Arvo Ylppö
Pertti Hemanus[3]
Jarkko Kalevi Ahola
Sasu Hovi
International relations[edit]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland
Twin towns — Sister cities[edit]
Toijala
Toijala is twinned with:
Nanchang,
China
China (1997)[4]
Hallsberg,
Sweden
Sweden (1946)
References[edit]
^ "Akaan jättänyt
Nokia
Nokia muisti Päivölän matematiikkalinjaa vielä
190 000 eurolla". Akaansetu.fi. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ [1][dead link]
^ "Emeritusprofessori Pertti Hemánus on kuollut". Yle Uutiset.
Retrieved 24 December 2017.
^ "
Nanchang
Nanchang City and Sister Cities Intercommunion".
Nanchang
Nanchang Municipal
Party Committee of the CPC and
Nanchang
Nanchang Municipal Government. Nanchang
Economic Information Center. Archived from the original on 22 May
2013. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
External links[edit]
Media related to
Toijala
Toijala at Wikimedia Commons
Town of
Akaa
Akaa – Official website
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Municipalities of Pirkanmaa
Municipalities
Akaa
Hämeenkyrö
Ikaalinen
Juupajoki
Kangasala
Kihniö
Lempäälä
Mänttä-Vilppula
Nokia
Orivesi
Pälkäne
Parkano
Pirkkala
Punkalaidun
Ruovesi
Sastamala
Tampere
Urjala
Valkeakoski
Vesilahti
Virrat
Ylöjärvi
Former municipalities
Äetsä
Aitolahti
Akaa
Eräjärvi
Ikaalisten maalaiskunta
Karkku
Kiikka
Kuhmalahti
Kuorevesi
Kuru
Kylmäkoski
Längelmäki
Luopioinen
Mänttä
Messukylä
Mouhijärvi
Pohjaslahti
Sääksmäki
Sahalahti
Suodenniemi
Suoniemi
Teisko
Toijala
Tottijärvi
Tyrvää
Vammala
Viiala
Viljakkala
Vilppula
Pirkanmaa
Finland
Coordinates: 61°10′00″N 23°52′05″E / 61.16667°N
23.86806°E / 61.16667; 23.86806
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