Nastola
Nastola is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged with the city of Lahti on 1 January 2016.[3]
Nastola | |
|---|---|
Former municipality | |
| Nastolan kunta Nastola kommun | |
Nastola Church | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Nastola in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°57′N 025°56′E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Päijät-Häme |
| Sub-region | Lahti sub-region |
| Charter | 1869 |
| Consolidated | 2016 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Pauli Syyrakki |
| Area | |
| • Total | 382.86 km2 (147.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 324.19 km2 (125.17 sq mi) |
| • Water | 38.67 km2 (14.93 sq mi) |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | |
| • Total | 14,905 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Website | www.nastola.fi |
In the province of Southern Finland, Nastola is part of the Päijät-Häme region. The municipality had a population of 14,905 (30 June 2015)[2] and covered an area of 382.86 km2 (147.82 sq mi) of which 38.67 km2 (14.93 sq mi) was water.[1] The population density was 45.9761/km2 (119.078/sq mi). Nastola is located between two major cities: Lahti and Kouvola.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
List of villages
Arrajoki, Immilä, Koiskala, Lankila, Pyhäntaka, Ruuhijärvi, Uusikylä, Vanaja, Villähde, Kirkonkylä, Rakokivi, Seesta- Luhtaanmaa, Järvinen, Tapiola.
Attractions[4]
- 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
- "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- "Väestötietojärjestelmä rekisteritilanne 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- Ojansivu, Merja (25 January 2015). "Lahti ja Nastola yhdistyvät ensi vuoden alusta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Sanoma Media Finland Oy. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- http://www.verkkonikkarit.fi/matkailu/visit-nastola/
External links
Media related to Nastola at Wikimedia Commons - Municipality of Nastola – Official website (in Finnish)
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