Nakkila is a municipality of Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

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It is located in the province

Provinces of Finland

The state of Finland consisted of six provinces between the years 1997 and 2009. The provincial authority was part of the central government's executive branch, not directly elected. The system was created in 1634, and its makeup was changed drastically in 1997, when the number of the provinces...

 of Western Finland

Western Finland

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 and is part of the Satakunta

Satakunta (region)

Satakunta is a region of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Finland Proper, Pirkanmaa, Southern Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The main city of the region is Pori. The name of the region literally means Hundred...

 region

Regions of Finland

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. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of km2 of which km2 is water. The population density

Population density

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 is PD/km2. 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

Finnish language

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Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011

Finnish parliamentary election, 2011

An election to the Eduskunta was held on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout of 31.2%....

 in Nakkila:

• Left Alliance
  Left Alliance (Finland)
  The Left Alliance is a left-wing political party in Finland. It was founded on the basis of the Finnish People's Democratic League and the Communist Party of Finland in 1990....
  
    22.1%
• True Finns
  True Finns
  True Finns or The Finns is a populist and nationalist political party in Finland, founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The head of the movement is Timo Soini. In the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election, The party won 19.1% of votes, becoming the third largest party...
  
    19.1%
• Centre Party
  Centre Party (Finland)
  The Centre Party is a centrist and Nordic agrarian political party in Finland. It is one of the four largest political parties in the country, along with the Social Democratic Party , the National Coalition Party and the True Finns , and currently has 35 seats in the Finnish Parliament...
  
    18.5%
• Social Democratic Party  17.7%
• National Coalition Party  15.9%
• Green League
  Green League
  The Green League is a centrist green liberal political party in Finland. It has ten seats in the Finnish Parliament and two in the European Parliament. The current chairperson is Ville Niinistö....
  
    3.2%
• Christian Democrats
  Christian Democrats (Finland)
  The Christian Democrats is a Christian democratic political party in Finland. Formerly known as the Finnish Christian League , the Christian Democrats have six seats in the Finnish Parliament and one in the European Parliament.The party was founded in 1958, chiefly from the Christian faction of...
  
    3.2%
• Other parties 0.3%

Sister cities

Nakkila is twinned

Town twinning

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 with: Boksitogorsk

Boksitogorsk

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, Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast

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, Russia

Russia

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External links

• Municipality of Nakkila – Official website