Nakkila

In the early days of the Continuation War, Järvikylä, Nakkila was a target of a strange bombing, when the Soviet bombers carried out the only air bombing of the Satakunta region. The reason of the bombing is still unknown.{{Cite web|date=2018-01-21|title=Pikkukylä joutui outoon pommisateeseen jatkosodassa – luultiinko peltoa lentokentäksi?|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10017318|access-date=2021-11-22|website=Yle Uutiset|language=fi}}

{{Historical populations

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| 1980 | 6 248

| 1985 | 6445

| 1990 | 6396

| 1995 | 6186

| 2000 | 6094

| 2005 | 5832

| 2010 | 5788

| 2015 | 5651

| 2020 | 5321

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Nakkila's most significant industrial companies are Nakkila Works konepaja and Länsi-Suomen Voima Oy's hydropower plant. Smaller industrial activities have been represented by the carpentry industry. The Suominen Corporation's nonwovens factory{{Cite web|title=Etusivu|url=https://www.suominen.fi/fi/|access-date=2021-11-22|website=www.suominen.fi|language=fi}} (formerly Suomisen nahkatehdas{{Cite web|title=Suomisen nahkatehdas|url=http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=4936}}) has also been a major employer, but much of the production has been shut down by the end of 2012.

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The year following the name of the village indicates when the first document entry is known about the village.

Arantila, Anola (1410), Hormisto, Järvikylä, Kivialho, Kukonharja (1354), Lammainen (1348), Leistilä (1441), Masia, Matomäki, Pakkala, Punapakka, Penttala, Pysykykangas, Ruskila, Soinila, Tattara (1441), Tervasmäki, Uotinmäki, Viikkala, Villilä(1451), Vuohimäki, Hohtari.

Nakkila's most significant road is valtatie 2 between Helsinki and Pori. The Tampere-Pori railway also passes through Nakkila. Nakkila is served by OnniBus.com route Helsinki—Pori.

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Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Nakkila:

• Left Alliance 22.1%
• True Finns 19.1%
• Centre Party 18.5%
• Social Democratic Party 17.7%
• National Coalition Party 15.9%
• Green League 3.2%
• Christian Democrats 3.2%
• Other parties 0.3%

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Nakkila's attractions include Finland's first functionalist church, completed in 1937, and Villilä film studio, which is sometimes nicknamed "Hollywood of Finland". Villilä has shot parts of the films Sibelius (2003), Kaksipäisen kotkan varjossa (2005), FC Venus (2005) and Risto Räppääjä ja liukas Lennart (2014). There are also many archeological monuments in Nakkila, the most important of which are the Kiukainen cultural area in Uotinmäki, the Selkäkangas burial mounds in Viikkala from the bronze ages and the Rieskaronmäki bronze age residence in Kivialho.Museovirasto: [https://extras.csc.fi/arctinet/pronssikausi/151.phtml Nakkilan Viikalan Selkäkankaan röykkiö] (in Finnish)Keskimäki, Tuomas: [http://historiansilmin.blogspot.com/2016/01/rieskaronmaki-suomen-vanhin-maatila.html Rieskaronmäki–Suomen vanhin maatila], 31.1.2016 (in Finnish)

Other attractions include:

• Kotiseutumuseo
• Juustomeijerimuseo
• Pyssykankaan koulumuseo.

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Nakkila has multiple clubs for different sports. Nasta is an association football and futsal club, NTK is a floorball club, Vire an athletics club and Paterit a volleyball club. Nasta used to play ice hockey and pesäpallo.

Nakkila used to have an indoor swimming pool, but in 2017 a new sporting center was built to replace it. The new sporting center has football fields, both artificial and grass, and a multipurpose indoor sporting hall and a gym.{{Cite web |date=2019-01-19 |title=Nakkilan kunta teki historiansa suurimman investoinnin: "Toivottavasti tästä tulee kaikkien yhteinen olohuone" |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-10603469 |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Yle Uutiset |language=fi}}{{Cite web |last=aapo.kivenmaa |date=2021-08-06 |title=Nakkilan Leader-tuella rakennettu tekonurmikenttä nousi liikkujien suosioon – kenttä palvelee satoja käyttäjiä viikossa |url=https://www.karhuseutu.fi/nakkilan-leader-tuella-rakennettu-tekonurmikentta-nousi-liikkujien-suosioon-kentta-palvelee-satoja-kayttajia-viikossa/ |access-date=2024-04-21 |website=Leader Karhuseutu |language=fi}} The outside of the sporting hall also has a running track, a frisbeegolf course and an ice hockey rink.

Salomonkallio is a ski resort and a golf course in Nakkila. The golf course has 18 holes and according to the golfing club, they have over 1 600 members.

The Finnish Championships of cross country running of 2022 were held in Nakkila from 7 May 2022 to 8 May 2022.{{Cite web |title=SM-maastot Nakkila 7.-8.5.2022 – Nakkilan Vire |url=https://nakkilanvire.fi/wp/maastot-2020/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |language=fi}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-17 |title=Maastojuoksu {{!}} SM-maastot juostaan toukokuussa Nakkilassa – paikalle saapumassa jopa tuhat juoksijaa: "Odotamme innolla Suomen kärkijuoksijoita Nakkilaan" |url=https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/urheilu/art-2000008688368.html |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=Satakunnan Kansa |language=fi}}

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• Edvard Hannula (1859–1931), Finnish clergyman and politician{{cite web |title=Edvard Hannula |url=https://www.eduskunta.fi/FI/kansanedustajat/Sivut/910420.aspx |publisher=Eduskunta Riskdagen |access-date=1 May 2021 |language=fi}}
• Kyllikki Pohjala (1894–1979), Finnish politician{{cite web |title=Kyllikki Pohjala |url=https://valtioneuvosto.fi/en/governments/minister/-/m/kyllikki-pohjala |publisher=Finnish Government |access-date=11 April 2021}}
• Simo Frangén (1963) comedian
• Juho Wiktor Suominen (1877–1935) manufacturer
• Jesse Laaksonen (1989) ice hockey player
• Niklas Nevalainen (1993) ice hockey player
• Eemeli Reponen (1990) footballer
• Joonas Lakkamäki (2002) footballer
• Axel Kurck (1555–1630) warlord
• Tauno Matomäki (1937) Vuorineuvos
• Markus Palttala (1977) racing driver

{{see also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}

Nakkila is twinned with:

• {{flagicon|Russia}} Boksitogorsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia{{cite web |date= |title= Home |url= https://nakkila.fi/en/home/ |website= nakkila.fi |publisher= Nakkilan kunta |access-date=2025-01-31}}
• {{flagicon|Sweden}} Hudiksvall, Sweden

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• [https://nakkila.fi/en/ Municipality of Nakkila] – Official website

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Nakkila

| N = Pori, Ulvila

| E = Harjavalta

| S = Eura

| W = Eurajoki

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