Toijala is a former

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and

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of Finland, located some south of

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. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa. Toijala is known as an important

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crossroads. The

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–Tampere and

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–Tampere tracks meet at Toijala railway station. Toijala is located in the

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of Western Finland and is part of the

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; ; ), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...

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. The municipality had a population of 8,305 (end of April 2004) and covered an area of of which is water. The

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() was . The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Until 2015, Toijala hosted a

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office which since 1997 collaborated with Päivölän Kansanopisto by having some of its students work as paid interns for 12 hours/week. Tr1 Toijala

Notable people

* Jarkko Ahola, musician (b. 1977) * Harri Holkeri, 36th Prime Minister of Finland (1937–2011) * Sasu Hovi, ice hockey player (b. 1982) * Aki Kaurismäki, screenwriter and film director (b. 1957) * Mika Kaurismäki, film director (b. 1955) * Eveliina Similä, Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1978) * Aki Sirkesalo, singer (1962–2004) *

Arvo Ylppö Arvo Henrik Ylppö (27 October 1887 – 28 January 1992) was a Finnish physician and professor of pediatrics who significantly decreased Finnish infant mortality during the 20th century. He is credited as the father of Finland's public ma ...

, 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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, China (1997) * Hallsberg,

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(1946)

References

External links

Town of Akaa
– Official website Populated places disestablished in 2007 Former municipalities of Finland Akaa {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

Notable people

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

See also

References

External links