Charter 1898 Municipal tax rate 19.5% | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Thursday 4:16 AM | |
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Area rank 279th largest in Finland Weather -4°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 59% Humidity | ||
Pukkila ([ˈpukkila]) (Swedish: Buckila) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,976 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 145.03 square kilometres (56.00 sq mi) of which 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) is water. The population density is 13.62 inhabitants per square kilometre (35.3/sq mi).
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Map of 07560 Pukkila, Finland
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has also been known as "Buckila" in Swedish documents.
In 1962, a former villager, Onni Nurmi, bequeathed the village 760 shares in a company called Nokia - then chiefly known as a manufacturer of rubber workboots - on condition that the income be used for the benefit of the elderly and that the shares would never be sold. After a legal battle the shares have now been diversified and the income used to fund a welfare centre and services for the elderly.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Pukkila: