Toijala is a town and municipality of Finland, some 40 km south from Tampere. It is known as an important railway crossroads, where the Helsinki-Tampere and Turku-Tampere tracks meet. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ... Location within Finland Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ... It has been suggested that Hietaniemi beach be merged into this article or section. ... Province Western Finland Region Finland Proper Sub-region Turku City manager Armas Lahoniitty Official languages Finnish, Swedish Area - total - land ranked 311th 245. ...
Toijala is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaaregion. The municipality has a population of 8,305 (end of April2004) and covers an area of 58.60 km² of which 7.72 km² is water. The population density is 163.2 (December 31, 2003) inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Pirkanmaa, or the Tampere Region (official English name), is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Harri Hermanni Holkeri (born January 6, 1937 in Oripää) is a Finnish politician who was Prime Minister of Finland 1987-1991, speaker of the UN General Assembly 2000-2001 and headed UNMIK. Current head is Søren Jessen-Petersen. ... Aki Kaurismäki (born April 4, 1957) is a Finnish film director. ... Mika Kaurismäki (born September 21, 1955) is a Finnish film director. ... Finnish musician Aki Sirkesalo (b. ... Arvo Henrik Ylppö (October 27, 1887 - (January 27, 1992) was a Finnish pediatrician who significantly decreased Finnish infant mortality during the 20th century. ...