Veikkola | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Finland Uusimaa |
Coordinates: | 60.2697°N 24.4444°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Uusimaa |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Kirkkonummi |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 5,924 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2020 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | EET |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +3 |
Veikkola (pronounced as /fi/) is a village in Kirkkonummi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It is located about north of the municipal center along the Helsinki–Turku Highway (E18), near the border of Vihti. The regional road 110 also passes through the village. Veikkola has almost 6,000 inhabitants.[1] Near Veikkola is the Nuuksio National Park.[2]
There are two elementary schools in Veikkola, of which Veikkola School (Veikkolan koulu) is a 1–9 grade comprehensive school and Vuorenmäki School (Vuorenmäen koulu) is a 1–6 grade elementary school.[3] Veikkola School was founded in 1899, and the current school building was built in 2004. Veikkola also has a health center, a library, several kindergartens and a nursing home, and a sports park with a soccer field.[4] Veikkola also has three grocery stores: S Group's S-Market[5] and Kesko's K-Market and K-Supermarket,[6] [7] and one R-kioski convenience store.[8]