Pukkila
| Pukkila Buckila |
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| Municipality | ||
| Pukkilan kunta | ||
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| Location of Pukkila in Finland Location of Pukkila in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Uusimaa | |
| Sub-region | Porvoo sub-region | |
| Charter | 1898 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Juha Myyryläinen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[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 | 321st largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 1,976 | |
| • Rank | 288th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 13.62/km2 (35.3/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 97.8% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.9% | |
| • Others | 1.3% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 20.2% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 62% | |
| • 65 or older | 17.8% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | |
| Climate | Dfc | |
| Website | www.pukkila.fi | |
Pukkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpukkila]) (Swedish: Buckila) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,976 (31 March 2016)[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 13.62 inhabitants per square kilometre (35.3/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality is also been known as "Buckila" in Swedish documents.[6]
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[7][8] the shares have now been diversified and the income used to fund a welfare centre[9] and services for the elderly.[10]
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 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
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- ↑ "Nokia shares do not make Pukkila a paradise for the elderly", 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 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pukkila – Official website
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