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{{Short description|Former town and municipality in Finland, now part of Akaa}} [[File:Toijala.vaakuna.svg|thumb|upright|The former coat of arms of Toijala]] [[File:Toijala aerial 1.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Toijala.]] '''Toijala''' is a former [[List of cities and towns in Finland|town]] and [[List of former municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of Finland, located some {{convert|40|km|mi|abbr=off}} 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 [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Pirkanmaa]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality had a population of 8,305 (end of April 2004) and covered an area of {{convert|58.60|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=off}} of which {{convert|7.72|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=off}} is water. The [[population density]] ({{as of|lc=on|2003|12|31}}) was {{convert|163.2|PD/km2}}. The municipality was unilingually [[Finnish language|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://akaanseutu.fi/2015/09/30/akaan-jattanyt-nokia-muisti-paivolan-matematiikkalinjaa-viela-190-000-eurolla/|title=Akaan jättänyt Nokia muisti Päivölän matematiikkalinjaa vielä 190 000 eurolla|lang=fi|url-access=subscription|website=Akaansetu.fi|date=30 September 2015 |accessdate=24 December 2017}}</ref> [[File:Tr1 Toijala.jpg|thumb|right|[[VR Class Tr1]] steam locomotive no. 1088 in Toijala]] ==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 [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with: * {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Nanchang]], China (1997)<ref name="Nanchang twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://english.nc.gov.cn/aboutnanchang/sistercity/|title=Nanchang City and Sister Cities Intercommunion|accessdate=5 November 2013|work=Nanchang Municipal Party Committee of the CPC and Nanchang Municipal Government|publisher=Nanchang Economic Information Center|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522211744/http://english.nc.gov.cn/aboutnanchang/sistercity/|archivedate=22 May 2013}}</ref> * {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Hallsberg Municipality|Hallsberg]], [[Sweden]] (1946) ==See also== * [[Kylmäkoski]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons category-inline|Toijala}} * [http://www.akaa.fi/akaa_info/in_english/ Town of Akaa] – Official website {{Pirkanmaa}} {{coord|61|10|00|N|23|52|05|E|region:FI_type:city(8305)_scale:100000|display=title}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2007]] [[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]] [[Category:Akaa]] {{WesternFinland-geo-stub}}
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