Pukkila
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Pukkila (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpukkila]) is a municipality o Finland. It is locatit in the Uusimaa region. The municipality haes a population o 1,793 (28 Februar 2023)[2] an covers an aurie o 145.94 square kilometre (56.35 sq mi) o which 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 12.36 inhabitants per square kilometre (32.0/sq mi).
Pukkila | |
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Municipality | |
Pukkilan kunta | |
Location o Pukkila in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°38.7′N 025°35′E | |
Kintra | Finland |
Region | Uusimaa |
Sub-region | Porvoo sub-region |
Chairter | 1898 |
Govrenment | |
• Municipal manager | Juha Myyryläinen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 145.94 km2 (56.35 sq mi) |
• Laund | 145.04 km2 (56.00 sq mi) |
• Water | 0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi) |
Area rank | 279t lairgest in Finland |
Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
• Total | 1,793 |
• Rank | 268t lairgest in Finland |
• Density | 12.36/km2 (32.0/sq mi) |
Population bi native leid | |
• Finnish | 7,001,978,000,000,000,000♠97.8% (offeecial) |
• Swadish | 6,999,900,000,000,000,000♠0.9% |
• Ithers | 7,000,130,000,000,000,000♠1.3% |
Population by age | |
• 0 tae 14 | 7,001,202,000,000,000,000♠20.2% |
• 15 tae 64 | 7,001,620,000,000,000,000♠62% |
• 65 or aulder | 7,001,178,000,000,000,000♠17.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.pukkila.fi |
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality haes previously been kent as "Buckila" in Swadish documents an aw, but is the day referred tae as "Pukkila" in Swadish.[5]
In 1962, a umwhile veelager, Onni Nurmi, bequetht the veelage 760 shares in a company cried Nokia - then chiefly kent as a manufacturer o rubber wirkbuits - on condeetion that the income be uised for the benefit o the elderly an that the shares wad niver be sauld. Efter a legal battle[6][7] the shares hae nou been diversifee'd an the income uised tae fund a welfare centre[8] an services for the elderly.[9]