Toijala
{{Short description|Former town and municipality in Finland, now part of Akaa}}
Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=off}} south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa.
Toijala is known as an important railway crossroads. The Helsinki–Tampere and Turku–Tampere tracks meet at Toijala railway station.
Toijala is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 8,305 (end of April 2004) and covered an area of {{convert|58.60|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=off}} of which {{convert|7.72|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=off}} is water. The population density ({{as of|lc=on|2003|12|31}}) was {{convert|163.2|PD/km2}}. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Until 2015, Toijala hosted a Nokia office which since 1997 collaborated with Päivölän Kansanopisto by having some of its students work as paid interns for 12 hours/week.{{cite web|url=http://akaanseutu.fi/2015/09/30/akaan-jattanyt-nokia-muisti-paivolan-matematiikkalinjaa-viela-190-000-eurolla/|title=Akaan jättänyt Nokia muisti Päivölän matematiikkalinjaa vielä 190 000 eurolla|lang=fi|url-access=subscription|website=Akaansetu.fi|date=30 September 2015 |accessdate=24 December 2017}}
File:Tr1 Toijala.jpg steam locomotive no. 1088 in Toijala]]
Notable people
- Jarkko Ahola, musician (b. 1977)
- Harri Holkeri, 36th Prime Minister of Finland (1937–2011)
- Sasu Hovi, ice hockey player (b. 1982)
- Aki Kaurismäki, screenwriter and film director (b. 1957)
- Mika Kaurismäki, film director (b. 1955)
- Eveliina Similä, Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1978)
- Aki Sirkesalo, singer (1962–2004)
- Arvo Ylppö, pediatrician, professor, and archiater; credited as the father of Finland's public child welfare clinic system (1887–1992)
International relations
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}
=Twin towns — Sister cities=
Toijala is twinned with:
- {{flagicon|PRC}} Nanchang, China (1997){{cite web|url=http://english.nc.gov.cn/aboutnanchang/sistercity/|title=Nanchang City and Sister Cities Intercommunion|accessdate=5 November 2013|work=Nanchang Municipal Party Committee of the CPC and Nanchang Municipal Government|publisher=Nanchang Economic Information Center|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522211744/http://english.nc.gov.cn/aboutnanchang/sistercity/|archivedate=22 May 2013}}
- {{flagicon|SWE}} Hallsberg, Sweden (1946)
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.akaa.fi/akaa_info/in_english/ Town of Akaa] – Official website
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Category:Populated places disestablished in 2007
Category:Former municipalities of Finland
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