Nakkila () is a

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. It is located in the

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of Western Finland and is part of the

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, southeast of

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. The Kokemäki River flows along the center of Nakkila. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name ''Nackeby'' was earlier used in Swedish. There are two major sights, the Nakkila Church and the film studio Villilä, often referred as "Hollywood of Finland". Nakkila is also well known for the European river lampreys, which are a traditional food of the locality.

History

In the early days of the

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, Järvikylä, Nakkila was a target of a strange bombing, when the Soviet bombers carried out the only air bombing of the

region. The reason of the bombing is still unknown.

Demographics

Economy

Nakkila's most significant industrial companies are Nakkila Works konepaja and Länsi-Suomen Voima Oy's hydropower plant. Smaller industrial activities have been represented by the carpentry industry. The Suominen Corporation's nonwovens factory (formerly Suomisen nahkatehdas) has also been a major employer, but much of the production has been shut down by the end of 2012.

Villages in Nakkila

The year following the name of the village indicates when the first document entry is known about the village. Arantila, Anola (1410), Hormisto, Järvikylä, Kivialho, Kukonharja (1354), Lammainen (1348), Leistilä (1441), Masia, Matomäki, Pakkala, Punapakka, Penttala, Pysykykangas, Ruskila, Soinila, Tattara (1441), Tervasmäki, Uotinmäki, Viikkala, Villilä(1451), Vuohimäki, Hohtari.

Transport

Nakkila's most significant road is valtatie 2 between

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and

. The Tampere-Pori railway also passes through Nakkila. Nakkila is served by

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route Helsinki—Pori.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Nakkila: * Left Alliance 22.1% * True Finns 19.1% * Centre Party 18.5% * Social Democratic Party 17.7% *

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15.9% * Green League 3.2% * Christian Democrats 3.2% *Other parties 0.3%

Attractions

Nakkila's attractions include Finland's first functionalist church, completed in 1937, and Villilä film studio, which is sometimes nicknamed " Hollywood of Finland". Villilä has shot parts of the films '' Sibelius'' (2003), '' Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa'' (2005), '' FC Venus'' (2005) and '' Risto Räppääjä ja liukas Lennart'' (2014). There are also many archeological monuments in Nakkila, the most important of which are the Kiukainen cultural area in Uotinmäki, the Selkäkangas burial mounds in Viikkala from the bronze ages and the Rieskaronmäki bronze age residence in Kivialho. Other attractions include: *Kotiseutumuseo *Juustomeijerimuseo *Pyssykankaan koulumuseo.

Sports

Nakkila has multiple clubs for different sports. Nasta is an

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and

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club, NTK is a

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club, Vire an athletics club and Paterit a

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club. Nasta used to play

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and

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. Nakkila used to have an indoor swimming pool, but in 2017 a new sporting center was built to replace it. The new sporting center has football fields, both artificial and grass, and a multipurpose indoor sporting hall and a gym. The outside of the sporting hall also has a running track, a frisbeegolf course and an ice hockey rink. Salomonkallio is a

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and a

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in Nakkila. The golf course has 18 holes and according to the golfing club, they have over 1 600 members. The Finnish Championships of cross country running of 2022 were held in Nakkila from 7 May 2022 to 8 May 2022.

Notable people

* Edvard Hannula (1859–1931), Finnish clergyman and politician * Kyllikki Pohjala (1894–1979), Finnish politician * Simo Frangén (1963) comedian * Juho Wiktor Suominen (1877–1935) manufacturer * Jesse Laaksonen (1989) ice hockey player * Niklas Nevalainen (1993) ice hockey player * Eemeli Reponen (1990) footballer * Joonas Lakkamäki (2002) footballer * Axel Kurck (1555–1630) warlord * Tauno Matomäki (1937)

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* Markus Palttala (1977) racing driver

Sister cities

Nakkila is twinned with: *

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References

External links

Municipality of Nakkila
– Official website {{authority control Populated places established in 1861 1861 establishments in Finland Nakkila