Pukkila

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Pukkilan kunta
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Pukkila Location of Pukkila in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Uusimaa
Administrative community : Porvoo
Geographical location 60 ° 39 ′  N , 25 ° 34 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 39 ′  N , 25 ° 34 ′  E
Surface: 145.96 km²
of which land area: 145.06 km²
of which inland waterways: 0.90 km²
Residents : 1,899 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 13.1 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 616
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : pukkila.fi

Pukkila [ ˈpukːilɑ ] is a municipality in southern Finland with 1899 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is in the countryside Uusimaa (until 31 December 2010 in the landscape Eastern Uusimaa ) on the river Porvoonjoki . The nearest town is Porvoo 34 kilometers south, the capital Helsinki is 81 kilometers southwest. The community is monolingual in Finnish .

In addition to the center of Pukkila with the wooden church from 1814, the municipality includes the villages of Naarkoski, Savijoki, Syvänoja, Kantele and Torpinkylä. Lake Kanteleenjärvi near Kantele is an important breeding area for birds.

Web links

Commons : Pukkila  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018