Nokia Church

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| name = Nokia Church

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| native_name = {{langx|fi|Nokian kirkko}}

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| image = Nokian kirkko.jpg

| coordinates = {{Coord|61|28|47|N|23|31|55|E|type:landmark_region:FI-18|display=inline,title}}

| location = Nokia, Pirkanmaa

| country = Finland

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| website = {{URL|https://www.nokianseurakunta.fi/kirkot-ja-tilat/kirkot/nokian-kirkko|www.nokianseurakunta.fi}}

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| architect = Carl Ludvig Engel

| architectural type = Neoclassical

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| capacity = 780

| parish = Nokia

| diocese = Tampere

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The Nokia Church ({{langx|fi|Nokian kirkko}}) is a 19th-century stone church located in Nokia town in Pirkanmaa, Finland. The Neoclassical church building was designed by C. L. Engel (1778–1840),{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/english/person/3213|title=Engel, Carl Ludvig (1778–1840)|work=National Biography of Finland|access-date=4 February 2024}} and it was completed in 1837.

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The model of the building is considered to be the Pantheon of Rome; the church hall is a full circle and the dome extends over the entire hall.{{cite web|url=https://visitnokia.fi/kohteet/nokian-kirkko/|title=Nokian kirkko|publisher=Visit Nokia|access-date=4 February 2024|language=fi}}

The church's 32-tone pipe organ was manufactured by the Kangasala's organ factory in 1974.{{cite web|url=https://suomenurut.fi/nokia/nokian-kirkko/|title=Nokian kirkko|date=8 October 2017 |publisher=Suomen urut|access-date=4 February 2024|language=fi}} The organ was built in connection with the repair of the church in 1973–1974. The church was also repaired later, in 1996, when, among other things, the limestone floor was renewed.{{cite web|url=https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCX093|title=Nokian kirkko - Church of Nokia|website=Geocaching|access-date=4 February 2024}}

The altarpiece of the church is The Crucifixion of Christ from 1907 by {{ill|Felix Frang|fi}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.tyrvaansanomat.fi/elamanmeno/art-2000007874258.html|title=Näin pääsiäisen ajan tapahtumat näkyvät kirkkotaiteessa – Katso kuvat Sastamalan kirkoista|first=Virpi|last=Starkman|work=Tyrvään Sanomat|url-access=subscription|date=2 April 2021|access-date=4 February 2024|language=fi}}