Toijala Explained
Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some 40km (30miles) south of Tampere. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with Viiala to form the town of Akaa.
Toijala is known as an important railway crossroads. The Helsinki–Tampere and Turku–Tampere tracks meet at Toijala railway station.
Toijala is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 8,305 (end of April 2004) and covered an area of 58.62NaN2 of which 7.722NaN2 is water. The population density was . The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Until 2015, Toijala hosted a Nokia office which since 1997 collaborated with Päivölän Kansanopisto by having some of its students work as paid interns for 12 hours/week.[1]
Notable people
- Jarkko Ahola, musician (b. 1977)
- Harri Holkeri, 36th Prime Minister of Finland (1937–2011)
- Sasu Hovi, ice hockey player (b. 1982)
- Aki Kaurismäki, screenwriter and film director (b. 1957)
- Mika Kaurismäki, film director (b. 1955)
- Eveliina Similä, Olympic ice hockey player (b. 1978)
- Aki Sirkesalo, singer (1962–2004)
- Arvo Ylppö, pediatrician, professor, and archiater; credited as the father of Finland's public child welfare clinic system (1887–1992)
International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland.
Twin towns — Sister cities
Toijala is twinned with:
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- Web site: Akaan jättänyt Nokia muisti Päivölän matematiikkalinjaa vielä 190 000 eurolla. fi. subscription. Akaansetu.fi. 24 December 2017.
- Web site: Nanchang City and Sister Cities Intercommunion. 5 November 2013. Nanchang Municipal Party Committee of the CPC and Nanchang Municipal Government. Nanchang Economic Information Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20130522211744/http://english.nc.gov.cn/aboutnanchang/sistercity/. 22 May 2013.
