Niinisalo

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Main ("lamello") barracks of the Niinisalo Garrison

Niinisalo is a village in the municipality of Kankaanpää in the region of Satakunta in Finland. It is known for the Niinisalo Garrison which is the base of the Finnish Army unit Artillery Brigade.[1] The population of Niinisalo is 996 (2009).[2]

The Kankaanpää Museum is located in Niinisalo.[3] From 1977 to 1997 Niinisalo was the home of the Artillery Museum of Finland.[4] Niinisalo railway station was designed by architect Thure Hellström in 1933 but the was closed in the 1980s.[5]

Niinisalo Garrison[]

The Niinisalo Garrison was established in 1935. Since 1947 it has been the home of a field artillery unit, known since 1992 as the Artillery Regiment and later as the Artillery Brigade. In the beginning of 2015 the brigade was merged with the Pori Brigade. The United Nations Training Centre was organized in Niinisalo in 1969.[6] It was a unit for training Finnish peacekeepers as well as international courses for United Nations military observers. Since 2001 the UN Training Centre is known as the Finnish Defence Forces International Centre FINCENT. It was transferred to Hyrylä in 2008, while international training was transferred to Pori Brigade in Säkylä.[7]

The functionalist-style main barracks were designed by architect and completed in 1935. The officers' housing area is mainly composed of buildings originally designed by Norwegian architect Olav Selvaag in the post-World War II years. The garrison and its residential areas have been declared by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities.[8]

The lamello barracks are highly valued in architecture.

Military units in the Niinisalo Garrison[]

Climate[]

The climate is a continental subarctic frontier (Köppen: Dfc); the installed weather station serves as the basis for the city of Kankaanpää. [9]

Climate data for Kankaanpää (Niinisalo), elevation: 136 m or 446 ft, 1961-1990 normals and extremes
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 7.0
(44.6) 		8.5
(47.3) 		13.5
(56.3) 		21.2
(70.2) 		28.4
(83.1) 		32.5
(90.5) 		30.4
(86.7) 		31.2
(88.2) 		27.7
(81.9) 		16.3
(61.3) 		10.2
(50.4) 		7.0
(44.6) 		32.5
(90.5)
Average high °C (°F) −5.1
(22.8) 		−4.6
(23.7) 		0.2
(32.4) 		6.3
(43.3) 		14.7
(58.5) 		19.7
(67.5) 		21.1
(70.0) 		18.8
(65.8) 		12.8
(55.0) 		7.0
(44.6) 		1.0
(33.8) 		−2.9
(26.8) 		7.4
(45.3)
Daily mean °C (°F) −8.0
(17.6) 		−7.8
(18.0) 		−3.7
(25.3) 		1.9
(35.4) 		9.0
(48.2) 		14.0
(57.2) 		15.7
(60.3) 		13.8
(56.8) 		8.8
(47.8) 		4.0
(39.2) 		−1.3
(29.7) 		−5.6
(21.9) 		3.4
(38.1)
Average low °C (°F) −11.3
(11.7) 		−11.1
(12.0) 		−7.4
(18.7) 		−2.2
(28.0) 		3.4
(38.1) 		8.2
(46.8) 		10.5
(50.9) 		9.4
(48.9) 		5.3
(41.5) 		1.2
(34.2) 		−3.7
(25.3) 		−8.7
(16.3) 		−0.5
(31.0)
Record low °C (°F) −34.9
(−30.8) 		−35.7
(−32.3) 		−25.4
(−13.7) 		−14.3
(6.3) 		−7.0
(19.4) 		−3.0
(26.6) 		2.0
(35.6) 		0.2
(32.4) 		−5.4
(22.3) 		−14.7
(5.5) 		−23.8
(−10.8) 		−33.0
(−27.4) 		−35.7
(−32.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 42.0
(1.65) 		29.0
(1.14) 		33.0
(1.30) 		38.0
(1.50) 		37.0
(1.46) 		53.0
(2.09) 		71.0
(2.80) 		80.0
(3.15) 		73.0
(2.87) 		54.0
(2.13) 		59.0
(2.32) 		47.0
(1.85) 		616
(24.26)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) 10.0 8.0 9.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 116
Source: NOAA[10]

References[]

  1. ^ Niinisalo Garrison Kankaanpää Municipality Official Homepage. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ^ Population by Postal Code Areas, 31 December 2009. Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine p. 17. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ^ Kankaanpää Museum Museot.fi. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ^ Tykistömuseo Museo Militaria (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. ^ Rautatieasema elää Kankaanpää Municipality Official Homepage (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  6. ^ Tykistöprikaatin historia The Finnish Defense Forces (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  7. ^ Finnish Defence Forces International Centre FINCENT The Finnish Defence Forces. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  8. ^ Niinisalon kasarmialue Finnish National Board of Antiquities (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Climate Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Temperatures Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Weather Averages". www.kankaanpaa.climatemps.com. Retrieved 2019-03-03.
  10. ^ "Kankaanpää (02942) - WMO Weather Station". NOAA. Retrieved March 3, 2019.

External links[]

Media related to Niinisalo at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 61°50′21″N 22°28′02″E / 61.83912°N 22.467277°E / 61.83912; 22.467277

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