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Nakkila

Nakkila
Municipality
Nakkilan kunta
Kauppatie, the main street of Nakkila's centre in December 2014.
Kauppatie, the main street of Nakkila's centre in December 2014.
Coat of arms of Nakkila
Coat of arms
Location of Nakkila in Finland
Location of Nakkila in Finland
Coordinates: 61°22′N 022°00′E / 61.367°N 22.000°E / 61.367; 22.000Coordinates: 61°22′N 022°00′E / 61.367°N 22.000°E / 61.367; 22.000
Country  Finland
Region Satakunta
Sub-region Pori sub-region
Charter 1861
Government
 • Municipal manager Kalevi Virén
Area (2016-01-01)
 • Total 182.91 km2 (70.62 sq mi)
 • Land 182.91 km2 (70.62 sq mi)
 • Water 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi)
Area rank 268th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)
 • Total 5,650
 • Rank 160th largest in Finland
 • Density 30.89/km2 (80.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish 99.2% (official)
 • Swedish 0.3%
 • Others 0.5%
Population by age
 • 0 to 14 17.5%
 • 15 to 64 62.4%
 • 65 or older 20.1%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate 19.75%
Climate Dfc
Website www.nakkila.fi

Nakkila is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 5,650 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 182.91 square kilometres (70.62 sq mi) of which 1.97 km2 (0.76 sq mi) is water. The population density is 30.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (80.0/sq mi). There are two major sights in Nakkila, the church and the film studio Villilä, often referred as "Hollywood of Finland".

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name Nackeby was earlier used in Swedish.

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Nakkila:

Nakkila is twinned with:



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