Pukkila
Pukkila is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The pukki- part of the municipality's name means "male goat", which is why the name of the municipality literally means the "place of goat". Pukkila has previously also been called Savijoki and, in local colloquial language, Vähä-Porvoo.
In 1962, a former villager, Onni Nurmi, bequeathed the village 760 shares in a company called Nokia - then chiefly known as a manufacturer of rubber workboots - on condition that the income be used for the benefit of the elderly and that the shares would never be sold. After a legal battle the shares have now been diversified and the income used to fund a welfare centre and services for the elderly.
Sights
Pukkila includes the Naarkoski rapids with small waterfalls and fishponds, the Pukkila Church, Pukkila's wild boar garden, and the old and new part of Yado Oikawa's Japanese inn.Politics
Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Pukkila:- True Finns 31.3%
- Centre Party 22.1%
- National Coalition Party 18.6%
- Social Democratic Party 12.3%
- Movement Now 4.2%
- Green League 3.6%
- Left Alliance 2.3%
- Christian Democrats 1.6%
- Freedom Alliance 1.3%
- Swedish People's Party 1.1%