Nakkila

Nakkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnɑkːilɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region, 19 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Pori. The Kokemäki River flows along the center of Nakkila. The municipality has a population of 5,012 (19 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 184.88 square kilometres (71.38 sq mi) of which 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 27.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (71/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name Nackeby was earlier used in Swedish.[5]

Nakkila
Municipality
Nakkilan kunta
Nakkila kommun
Porintie, one of the main streets at Nakkila's centre in July 2020.
Porintie, one of the main streets at Nakkila's centre in July 2020.
Coat of arms of Nakkila
Coat of arms
Motto: 
Ystävyys meitä yhdistää
Location of Nakkila in Finland
Location of Nakkila in Finland
Coordinates: 61°21′53″N 22°00′20″E
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionPori sub-region
Charter1861
Government
 • Municipal managerNina-Mari Turpela
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total184.88 km2 (71.38 sq mi)
 • Land182.91 km2 (70.62 sq mi)
 • Water1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi)
 • Rank268th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-19)[2]
 • Total5,012
 • Rank166th largest in Finland
 • Density27.4/km2 (71/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97.5% (official)
 • Swedish0.6%
 • Others1.9%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1414.8%
 • 15 to 6456.5%
 • 65 or older28.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.nakkila.fi

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.[6]

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.[7]

Demographics
Historical census populations – Nakkila
YearPop.±%
1980 6 248—    
1985 6,445—    
1990 6,396−0.8%
1995 6,186−3.3%
2000 6,094−1.5%
YearPop.±%
2005 5,832−4.3%
2010 5,788−0.8%
2015 5,651−2.4%
2020 5,321−5.8%

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[8] (formerly Suomisen nahkatehdas[9]) has also been a major employer, but much of the production has been shut down by the end of 2012.

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

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Nakkila:

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.[10][11]

Other attractions include:

  • Kotiseutumuseo
  • Juustomeijerimuseo
  • Pyssykankaan koulumuseo.

Sports

The Nakkila sporting center is the home of all sport activity in Nakkila (excluding the school ice hockey rinks and gyms) notable sports clubs from Nakkila include NTK Nakkila,[12] Nakkilan Nasta,[13] Paterit and Nakkilan Vire.[14] NTK is a floorball club, Nasta has a football and a futsal section. Paterit plays volleyball and Vire is an athletics team.

The Finnish Championships of cross country running of 2022 are being held in Nakkila from 7th of May 2022 to 8th of May 2022.[15][16]

Notable people

Sister cities
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Nakkila is twinned with:

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,587,841 at the end of August 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. "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.
  5. "Etusivu".
  6. Home – Nakkila
  7. "Pikkukylä joutui outoon pommisateeseen jatkosodassa – luultiinko peltoa lentokentäksi?". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  8. "Etusivu". www.suominen.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  9. "Suomisen nahkatehdas".
  10. Museovirasto: Nakkilan Viikalan Selkäkankaan röykkiö (in Finnish)
  11. Keskimäki, Tuomas: Rieskaronmäki–Suomen vanhin maatila, 31.1.2016 (in Finnish)
  12. NTK Nakkila (in Finnish)
  13. Nakkilan Nasta (in Finnish)
  14. Nakkilan Vire (in Finnish)
  15. "SM-maastot Nakkila 7.-8.5.2022 – Nakkilan Vire" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  16. "Maastojuoksu | SM-maastot juostaan toukokuussa Nakkilassa – paikalle saapumassa jopa tuhat juoksijaa: "Odotamme innolla Suomen kärkijuoksijoita Nakkilaan"". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 2022-03-17. Retrieved 2022-05-08.
  17. "Edvard Hannula" (in Finnish). Eduskunta Riskdagen. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  18. "Kyllikki Pohjala". Finnish Government. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

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