Niinisalo

The Niinisalo Garrison was established in 1935. Since 1947 it has been the home of a field artillery unit, known since 1992 as the Artillery Regiment and later as the Artillery Brigade. At the beginning of 2015, the brigade was merged with the Pori Brigade. The United Nations Training Centre was organized in Niinisalo in 1969.[http://www.puolustusvoimat.fi/portal/puolustusvoimat.fi/!ut/p/c5/vZHLjoJAEEW_xQ_QLl6NLJFuAXk_RTZGjOOoICAoyNePyewmGVeGusubWyd1C6XopevucTru2lN53eUoQSneqiyeaytgJMewFqA7JsSi6TKKx6I1SoDfBudnpQ-XwT8PHmsTmW2J11lkqYfRpQ8oftq068PQYmy49zIxrQgGZt9DvPSW9imybq896TuSCu99YH59zFGD2irPqK7Cgx6QSAojkVMj_Dbv-OKvD_-MDGiDUvG_PGuwKPxQE-85zDgcBUbijNSbMlZv3Gc5Cy8OVco5oJqxBDpVNCLRUNC5kf4TfI6zQukpK2bdvpjBDPMSBjyHuchxEi8IaJ1tbiYp9Y7Ki9fVgpg7YhpKyoZaMX0YjFcd8rMqlvFUa_0zV2fFpq_j8K73Chx54tt5dhXqwnIdrUloIe_v3lcTRKd1LVOR1AapnUZLc5p0tiPUxBGvSnBd9a0btWDzpsTqbrnjdTy02fDt05yX1rs-rSNevTQXLN1huq02WPVpu2yn37lsZT3YcnDjDKtJzGdJy-NkgmytLA6oKh4V9bUh-aODPJn8AAQW5CU!/dl3/d3/L2dBISEvZ0FBIS9nQSEh/?pcid=3103190040edd0cb91d5f576d81d57d5 Tykistöprikaatin historia] The Finnish Defense Forces {{in lang|fi}}. Retrieved 13 October 2014. It was a unit for training Finnish peacekeepers as well as international courses for United Nations military observers. Since 2001 the UN Training Centre has been known as the Finnish Defence Forces International Centre FINCENT. It was transferred to Hyrylä in 2008, while international training was transferred to Pori Brigade in Säkylä.[http://www.fincent.fi//html/en/FINCENT.html Finnish Defence Forces International Centre FINCENT] The Finnish Defence Forces. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

The functionalist-style main barracks were designed by architect Kalle Lehtovuori and completed in 1935. The officers' housing area is mainly composed of buildings originally designed by Norwegian architect Olav Selvaag in the post-World War II years. The garrison and its residential areas have been declared cultural environments of national significance by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities.[http://www.rky.fi/read/asp/r_kohde_det.aspx?KOHDE_ID=1437 Niinisalon kasarmialue] Finnish National Board of Antiquities {{in lang|fi}}. Retrieved 13 October 2014.

In May 2022, Niinisalo hosted the international Arrow 22 exercise including Finnish troops and NATO troops from United States, United Kingdom, Estonia and Latvia.{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/finland-holds-war-drill-alongside-u-s-soldiers-ahead-of-nato-application-11651678865|title=Finland Holds War Drill Alongside U.S. Soldiers Ahead of NATO Application|author=Engel Rasmussen, Sune|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=4 May 2022|access-date=5 May 2022}}

• Reserve Officer School 1939–1945
• Field Artillery Regiment 1 1947–1952 / Field Artillery Regiment 2 1952–1956 / Satakunta Artillery Regiment 1957–1992 / Artillery Brigade 1992–2014
• Satakunta Military Band 1951–2013
• Veterinary School 1955–1994
• Artillery School 1969–
• Test Firing Centre 1969–2012 / Explosives Centre 2013–
• United Nations Training Centre 1969–2001 / Finnish Defence Forces International Centre FINCENT 2001–2008
• Pori Brigade 2015–

The climate is a continental subarctic frontier (Köppen: Dfc); the installed weather station serves as the basis for the city of Kankaanpää.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kankaanpaa.climatemps.com/|title=Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Climate Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Temperatures Niinisalo, Kankaanpää, Satakunta Weather Averages|website=www.kankaanpaa.climatemps.com|access-date=2019-03-03}}{{Weather box|width=100% |collapsed=|open=|metric first=y |single line=y|location=Kankaanpää (Niinisalo), elevation: {{convert|136|m|abbr=on|disp=or}}, 1961-1990 normals and extremes

|Jan mean C=-8.0|Feb mean C=-7.8|Mar mean C=-3.7|Apr mean C=1.9|May mean C=9.0|Jun mean C=14.0|Jul mean C=15.7|Aug mean C=13.8|Sep mean C=8.8|Oct mean C=4.0|Nov mean C=-1.3|Dec mean C=-5.6|Jan high C=-5.1|Feb high C=-4.6|Mar high C=0.2|Apr high C=6.3|May high C=14.7|Jun high C=19.7|Jul high C=21.1|Aug high C=18.8|Sep high C=12.8|Oct high C=7.0|Nov high C=1.0|Dec high C=-2.9|Jan record high C=7.0|Feb record high C=8.5|Mar record high C=13.5|Apr record high C=21.2|May record high C=28.4|Jun record high C=32.5|Jul record high C=30.4|Aug record high C=31.2|Sep record high C=27.7|Oct record high C=16.3|Nov record high C=10.2|Dec record high C=7.0|Jan low C=-11.3|Feb low C=-11.1|Mar low C=-7.4|Apr low C=-2.2|May low C=3.4|Jun low C=8.2|Jul low C=10.5|Aug low C=9.4|Sep low C=5.3|Oct low C=1.2|Nov low C=-3.7|Dec low C=-8.7|Jan record low C=-34.9|Feb record low C=-35.7|Mar record low C=-25.4|Apr record low C=-14.3|May record low C=-7.0|Jun record low C=-3.0|Jul record low C=2.0|Aug record low C=0.2|Sep record low C=-5.4|Oct record low C=-14.7|Nov record low C=-23.8|Dec record low C=-33.0|precipitation colour=green|Jan precipitation mm=42.0|Feb precipitation mm=29.0|Mar precipitation mm=33.0|Apr precipitation mm=38.0|May precipitation mm=37.0|Jun precipitation mm=53.0|Jul precipitation mm=71.0|Aug precipitation mm=80.0|Sep precipitation mm=73.0|Oct precipitation mm=54.0|Nov precipitation mm=59.0|Dec precipitation mm=47.0|unit precipitation days=1.0 mm|Jan precipitation days=10.0|Feb precipitation days=8.0|Mar precipitation days=9.0|Apr precipitation days=8.0|May precipitation days=7.0|Jun precipitation days=8.0|Jul precipitation days=11.0|Aug precipitation days=11.0|Sep precipitation days=11.0|Oct precipitation days=11.0|Nov precipitation days=11.0|Dec precipitation days=11.0|source=NOAA{{cite web

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