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Country
  
Finland

Charter
  
1869

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Population
  
14,905 (30 Jun 2015)

Region
  
Päijänne Tavastia

Sub-region
  
Lahti sub-region

Consolidated
  
2016

Website
  
www.nastola.fi

Local time
  
Tuesday 6:50 AM

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Weather
  
0°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 98% Humidity

Nastola is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the city of Lahti on 1 January 2016.

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Map of 15560 Nastola, Finland

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality had a population of 14,905 (30 June 2015) and covered an area of 382.86 km2 (147.82 sq mi) of which 38.67 km2 (14.93 sq mi) was water. The population density was 45.9761/km2 (119.078/sq mi). Nastola is located between two major cities: Lahti and Kouvola.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

List of villages

Arrajoki, Immilä, Koiskala, Lankila, Pyhäntaka, Ruuhijärvi, Uusikylä, Vanaja, Villähde, Kirkonkylä, Rakokivi, Seesta- Luhtaanmaa, Järvinen, Tapiola.

Attractions

  • Pajulahti, a sports institute and a leisure center
  • Anni Kaste Memorial stone
  • Defenders of the home country memorial stone
  • Nastola cemetery
  • German memorial
  • King's Ridge observation tower
  • King's fountain
  • Ruuhijärvi cultural landscape
  • Mountain Troll's observation tower
  • Engel's storehouse
  • Immilä mill
  • Nastola church
  • Nastola history museum
  • Taarasti art centre
  • Notable people from Nastola

  • Adelaïde Ehrnrooth, feminist author
  • Elsi Borg, architect
  • Valtteri Bottas, Formula 1 driver
  • Veli-Matti Lindström, ski jumper
  • References

    Nastola Wikipedia