Pukkila

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Pukkilan kunta
Coat of Arms Location
Founded 1898
Province Southern Finland
Region Eastern Uusimaa
Sub-region Porvoo
Area
- Of which land
- Rank
145.96 km²
145.10 km²
ranked 374th
Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank
2,024 (2005)
13.9 inh./km²
+ 1.6%
ranked 349th
Urbanisation 38.8%
Unemployment 7.6%
Official languages Finnish
Municipal manager Juha Myyryläinen
Home page http://www.pukkila.fi

Pukkila (pronounced [ˈpukkila]) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,992 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 145.96 km² of which 1.13 km² is water. The population density is 13.75 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Buckila" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Pukkila" also in Swedish.[1]

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  Municipalities of Eastern Uusimaa Coat of arms of Eastern Uusimaa
Askola | Lapinjärvi | Liljendal | Loviisa | Myrskylä | Pernå | Porvoo | Pukkila | Ruotsinpyhtää | Sipoo
Eastern Uusimaa | Southern Finland | Finland

Coordinates: 60°38′40″N, 25°34′55″E