Saukkola () is an urban area and

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

in the city of

Lohja Lohja (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Lohja is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Lohja is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, munici ...

and the former

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of the

Nummi-Pusula Nummi-Pusula () is a former municipality of Finland. Its seat was in Nummi. Nummi-Pusula was formed in 1981 from the former municipalities Nummi and Pusula. With Karjalohja, it was merged with the town of Lohja on 1 January 2013. It was located ...

municipality. Old Turku Road between

Turku Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...

and

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

( regional road 110) crosses through the area. Saukkola has a population of 1,034 inhabitants and is the second largest urban settlement in Lohja after the central urban area. Saukkola village is considered to have been born around 1540, when there were three houses in the village.Saukkolan historiaa
– Issuu.com (in Finnish) The name ''Saukkola'' (literally means the "place of

otter Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae. The 13 extant otter species are all semiaquatic, aquatic, or marine. Lutrinae is a branch of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, badgers, mink, and wolverines, among ...

") may have come from the owner of the first house in the village, whose name was again due to, for example, the

hunting Hunting is the Human activity, human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/hide (sk ...

industry; otters, to which the name of the village refers, were also caught in the local region. Saukkola has an industrial area in the middle of settlements, a

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and many shops on the Nummi-Pusula scale. There is the Landen

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, a

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, a

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, a home appliance store, a

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, a

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, two

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s, two barber saloons, a

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with guided exercise and a

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. The nearest schools are next to the village of

Nummi New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was an American automobile manufacturing company in Fremont, California, jointly owned by General Motors and Toyota, that opened in 1984 and closed in April 2010. The plant is located in the East Ind ...

. Since 1997, the

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of the

volunteer fire department A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respo ...

also operates in Saukkola. A new Sale grocery store was opened in Saukkola on 30 April 2022. In his final years, Saukkola was home to

Leo Fabritius Leo is the Latin word for lion. It most often refers to: * Leo (constellation), a constellation of stars in the night sky * Leo (astrology), an astrological sign of the zodiac * Leo (given name), a given name in several languages, usually masc ...

, who, before his death in 2005, was the last Finnish citizen to survive the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

(1936–1939) on the Republic's side.Veikko Huuska : ''Suomalaiset vierastaistelijat Espanjassa 1936-1939 ja heidän kotiinpaluunsa'', Uusi Suomi Puheenvuoro 9.2.2015
(in Finnish)

References

External links

Nummi - Saukkola
- Official website {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub Lohja

See also

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