Nokia (city)

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Nokian kaupunki
coat of arms map
Nokia coat of arms Location of Nokia in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Pirkanmaa
Administrative community : Tampere
Geographical location 61 ° 28 ′  N , 23 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 28 ′  N , 23 ° 30 ′  E
Surface: 347.77 km²
of which land area: 288.19 km²
of which inland waterways: 59.58 km²
Residents : 33,527 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 116.3 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 536
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.nokiankaupunki.fi

Nokia [ ˈnɔkiɑ ] is a city in western Finland . It is located immediately west of the city of Tampere .

Since June 1, 2003, after a long time, trains of the Finnish railway VR-Yhtymä on their way from Tampere to Pori have stopped in the city again .

In Nokia in 1865 by engineer Fredrik Idestam (1838 to 1916), the company Nokia established.

politics

Nokia is considered a working-class city with traditionally high results for left-wing parties. In the 2012 municipal council elections, the Social Democrats succeeded in replacing the conservative rallying party as the strongest party. The left-wing alliance puts the third largest group ahead of the grassroots Finns and the Greens. The center and the communists are represented by three MPs each. With 5.9%, the Communist Party achieved its best nationwide result in Nokia in 2012. Another mandate is held by the Christian Democrats.

Composition of the City Council (2013-2016)
Political party Election result
[%]
Seats
Social democrats 25.3 13
Collection party 21.8 11
Left alliance 14.9 08th
Base fins 12.8 07th
Green covenant 09.8 05
Center Party 06.2 03
Communists 05.9 03
Christian Democrats 03.3 01

Population numbers

Nokia's Church

Development of the population (as of December 31st):

  • 1987-24,811
  • 1990-26,063
  • 1997 - 26,476
  • 2000 - 26,905
  • 2002 - 27,653
  • 2004 - 28,604
  • 2005 - 29,132
  • 2007 - 30.052
  • 2009 - 30.109
  • 2011 - 32,057

economy

Largest employers:
Companies Employee
City of Nokia 2064
Nokian Renkaat 1175
AGCO Power 0877
Pitkäniemi Hospital 0630
SCA Hygiene Products 0265
Patria Aviation 0180

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Nokia, Finland  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. Finnish Ministry of Justice: Results of the 2012 local elections
  4. Tilastot ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nokiankaupunki.fi