Hispanopedia WikiPukkila (Finnish:[ˈpukːilɑ]; Swedish: Pukkila, also Buckila) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaaregion. The municipality has a population of 1,720 (31 December 2025)[2] and covers an area of 145.94 square kilometres (56.35 sq mi) of which 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The pukki- part of the municipality's name means "male goat", which is why the name of the municipality literally means the "place of goat". Pukkila has previously also been called Savijoki ("Clay River") and, in local colloquial language, Vähä-Porvoo ("Lesser Porvoo").[5]
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[6][7] the shares have now been diversified and the income used to fund a welfare centre[8] and services for the elderly.[9]
Sights
Pukkila includes the Naarkoski rapids with small waterfalls and fishponds, the Pukkila Church, Pukkila's wild boar garden, and the old and new part of Yado Oikawa's Japaneseinn.[10]
Politics
Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Pukkila:[11]
- True Finns 31.3%
- Centre Party 22.1%
- National Coalition Party 18.6%
- Social Democratic Party 12.3%
- Movement Now 4.2%
- Green League 3.6%
- Left Alliance 2.3%
- Christian Democrats 1.6%
- Freedom Alliance 1.3%
- Swedish People's Party 1.1%
See also
References
- ^ ab"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018"(PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ abc"Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- ^"Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ ab"Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^Suomi I, p. 130. 1919. (in Finnish)
- ^"Nokia shares do not make Pukkila a paradise for the elderly"Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, 5.12.2000,
- ^"Villagers lock horns over £25m Nokia windfall ", 19 November 2000, Andrew Osborn, The Observer
- ^'Welfare Centre Onni ", L&M Sievänen Architects Ltd
- ^"Pukkila - paradise for senior citizens thanks to Nokia legacy", HELSINGIN SANOMAT, INTERNATIONAL EDITION
- ^Pukkila: Matkailu (in Finnish)
- ^"Pukkila | Results Service | Parliamentary Elections 2023 | yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
External links
Media related to Pukkila at Wikimedia Commons 
Pukkila travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Pukkila – Official website
- Municipalities of Uusimaa
- Municipalities of Eastern Uusimaa
- Populated places established in 1898
- Southern Finland Province geography stubs