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°ECoordinates: 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 | 145.04 km2 (56.00 sq mi) |
| • Water | 0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 279th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,839 |
| • Rank | 268th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 12.68/km2 (32.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.8% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.9% |
| • Others | 1.3% |
| 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) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.5% |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.pukkila.fi |
Pukkila (Finnish: [ˈpukːilɑ]; Swedish also Buckila) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region and it is the smallest municipality in the region in relation to its population; the municipality has a population of 1,839 (31 March 2021)[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 12.68 inhabitants per square kilometre (32.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The pukki- part of the municipality's name means "male goat".
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]
Politics[]
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Pukkila:
- Centre Party 41.2%
- True Finns 23.0%
- National Coalition Party 14.8%
- Social Democratic Party 11.1%
- Green League 4.2%
- Left Alliance 3.4%
- Christian Democrats 1.3%
- Swedish People's Party 0.3%
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "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
External links[]
Media related to Pukkila at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pukkila – Official website
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