Marttila
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Marttila (Template:IPA; Template:Langx, i.e. "Saint Martin's") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }})<ref name="population_count" /> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Marttila's neighbouring municipalities are Koski Tl, Lieto, Loimaa, Paimio, Pöytyä and Salo.
History
During the Swedish domestic war regarding who was to be king, an important battle took place here 29 August 1599. Troops under Axel Kurck, supporting king Sigismund were defeated by troops supported duke Karl, soon to be king Karl IX. Karl more or less already ruled Sweden and what is Finland nowadays, and Sigismund were based in Poland. There is a memorial, erected 1934, to be seen in Marttila. Marttila is along what at that time was called "Tavastlands Oxväg", in Finnish now posted as "Hämeen Härkätie", which in English translates to "Oxroad of Häme".
Notable people
- Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (born 1943), politician; the former Minister of Agriculture and ForestryTemplate:Citation needed
- Lauri Heikkilä (born 1957), politicianTemplate:Citation needed
- Simo Laaksonen (born 1998), racing driverTemplate:Citation needed
Gallery
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Church
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Borough hall
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Lainamakasiinit
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Nuorisoseurantalo
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