Nastola

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Nastola
Former municipality
Nastolan kunta
Nastola Church
Nastola Church
Coat of arms of Nastola
Coat of arms
Location of Nastola in Finland
Location of Nastola in Finland
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Country Finland
Region Päijänne Tavastia
Sub-region Lahti sub-region
Charter 1869
Consolidated 2016
Government
 • Municipality manager Pauli Syyrakki
Area[1]
 • 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 45.98/km2 (119.1/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website www.nastola.fi

Nastola is a former municipality of Finland. It was merged to the city of Lahti on 1 January 2016.[3]

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia 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 was 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

References

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  4. http://www.verkkonikkarit.fi/matkailu/visit-nastola/

External links

  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  • Municipality of Nastola – Official website (Finnish)

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