Nastola

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

Nastola
Former municipality
Nastolan kunta
Nastola kommun
Nastola Church
Coat of arms
Location of Nastola in Finland
Coordinates: 60°57′N 025°56′E
CountryFinland
RegionPäijät-Häme
Sub-regionLahti sub-region
Charter1869
Consolidated2016
Government
 • Municipality managerPauli Syyrakki
Area
 • Total382.86 km2 (147.82 sq mi)
 • Land324.19 km2 (125.17 sq mi)
 • Water38.67 km2 (14.93 sq mi)
Population
 (2015-06-30)[2]
 • Total14,905
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.nastola.fi

In the province of Southern Finland, Nastola is part of the Päijät-Häme 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. Kausala, the administrative center of Iitti, is 26 kilometres (16 mi) away from Nastola in the direction of Kouvola.

The municipality is 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

Notable people from Nastola

References
  1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. "Väestötietojärjestelmä rekisteritilanne 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. Ojansivu, Merja (25 January 2015). "Lahti ja Nastola yhdistyvät ensi vuoden alusta". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Sanoma Media Finland Oy. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-07-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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