Nakkila
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Nakkila () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region, southeast of Pori. The Kokemäki River flows along the center of Nakkila. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name Nackeby was earlier used in Swedish.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nakkila
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Porintie Nakkila.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- Porintie, one of the main streets at Nakkila's centre in July 2020.
- Settlement.image_shield
- Nakkila.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Nakkila sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Nakkila in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Satakunta
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Pori
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Nina-Mari Turpela
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1861
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- Villages in Nakkila
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Nakkila () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region, southeast of Pori. The Kokemäki River flows along the center of Nakkila. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name Nackeby was earlier used in Swedish.
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nakkila” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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