Nakkila

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Nakkila (Template:IPA) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region, Template:Convert southeast of Pori. The Kokemäki River flows along the center of Nakkila. 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. The name Nackeby was earlier used in Swedish.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Home – Nakkila</ref>

History

In the early days of the Continuation War, Järvikylä, Nakkila was a target of a strange bombing, when the Soviet bombers carried out the only air bombing of the Satakunta region. The reason of the bombing is still unknown.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Economy

J. W. Suominen's old nonwovens factory in Nakkila

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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> (formerly Suomisen nahkatehdas<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>) has also been a major employer, but much of the production has been shut down by the end of 2012. Template:Clear left

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 Helsinki and Pori. The Tampere-Pori railway also passes through Nakkila. Nakkila is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki—Pori.

Politics

Template:Update section 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%
• National Coalition Party 15.9%
• Green League 3.2%
• Christian Democrats 3.2%
• Other parties 0.3%

Attractions

Selkäkangas cairn in Nakkila

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.<ref>Museovirasto: Nakkilan Viikalan Selkäkankaan röykkiö (in Finnish)</ref><ref>Keskimäki, Tuomas: Rieskaronmäki–Suomen vanhin maatila, 31.1.2016 (in Finnish)</ref>

Other attractions include:

• Kotiseutumuseo
• Juustomeijerimuseo
• Pyssykankaan koulumuseo.

Sports

The main building of the Nakkila sporting center from the front

Nakkila has multiple clubs for different sports. Nasta is an association football and futsal club, NTK is a floorball club, Vire an athletics club and Paterit a volleyball club. Nasta used to play ice hockey and pesäpallo.

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The outside of the sporting hall also has a running track, a frisbeegolf course and an ice hockey rink.

Salomonkallio is a ski resort and a golf course 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Notable people

• Edvard Hannula (1859–1931), Finnish clergyman and politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Kyllikki Pohjala (1894–1979), Finnish politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 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) Vuorineuvos
• Markus Palttala (1977) racing driver

Sister cities

Template:See also Nakkila is twinned with:

• Template:Flagicon Boksitogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia<ref name="home">Template:Cite web</ref>
• Template:Flagicon Hudiksvall, Sweden<ref name="home" />

External links

• Municipality of Nakkila – Official website