Pukkila
Pukkila | |
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Municipality | |
| Pukkilan kunta Pukkila kommun | |
 Pukkila church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pukkila in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°38.7′N 025°35′E / 60.6450°N 25.583°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Porvoo sub-region |
| Charter | 1898 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Juha Myyryläinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 145.94 km2 (56.35 sq mi) |
| • Land | 145.09 km2 (56.02 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 279th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,749 |
| • Rank | 268th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 12.05/km2 (31.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95.8% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.8% |
| • Others | 3.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.6% |
| • 65 or older | 23.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.pukkila.fi |
Pukkila (Finnish: [ˈpukːilɑ]; Swedish: Pukkila, also Buckila) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,749 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 145.94 square kilometres (56.35 sq mi) of which 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 12.05 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The pukki- part of the municipality's name means "male goat", which is why the name of the municipality literally means the "place of goat". Pukkila has previously also been called Savijoki ("Clay River") and, in local colloquial language, Vähä-Porvoo ("Lesser Porvoo").[5]
In 1962, a former villager, Onni Nurmi, bequeathed the village 760 shares in a company called Nokia - then chiefly known as a manufacturer of rubber workboots - on condition that the income be used for the benefit of the elderly and that the shares would never be sold. After a legal battle[6][7] the shares have now been diversified and the income used to fund a welfare centre[8] and services for the elderly.[9]
Sights
[edit]Pukkila includes the Naarkoski rapids with small waterfalls and fishponds, the Pukkila Church, Pukkila's wild boar garden, and the old and new part of Yado Oikawa's Japanese inn.[10]
Politics
[edit]Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Pukkila:[11]
- True Finns 31.3%
- Centre Party 22.1%
- National Coalition Party 18.6%
- Social Democratic Party 12.3%
- Movement Now 4.2%
- Green League 3.6%
- Left Alliance 2.3%
- Christian Democrats 1.6%
- Freedom Alliance 1.3%
- Swedish People's Party 1.1%
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Suomi I, p. 130. 1919. (in Finnish)
- ^ "Nokia shares do not make Pukkila a paradise for the elderly" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, 5.12.2000,
- ^ "Villagers lock horns over £25m Nokia windfall ", 19 November 2000, Andrew Osborn, The Observer
- ^ 'Welfare Centre Onni ", L&M Sievänen Architects Ltd
- ^ "Pukkila - paradise for senior citizens thanks to Nokia legacy", HELSINGIN SANOMAT, INTERNATIONAL EDITION
- ^ Pukkila: Matkailu (in Finnish)
- ^ "Pukkila | Results Service | Parliamentary Elections 2023 | yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Pukkila at Wikimedia Commons
Pukkila travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Pukkila – Official website
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