Nastola
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Nastola | ||
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Former municipality | ||
Nastolan kunta | ||
Nastola Church
Nastola Church
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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
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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