Nikkilä (; ) is a village located in the

Sipoo Sipoo (; sv, Sibbo) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The administrative center of the munic ...

municipality in the

Uusimaa Uusimaa (; sv, Nyland, ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, He ...

region of the

Southern Finland Southern Finland ( fi, Etelä-Suomen lääni, sv, Södra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia. History O ...

province. Nikkilä is the largest village and the

administrative centre An administrative center is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune is located. In countries with French as administrative language (such as Belgium, Lu ...

of Sipoo.Uusi Nikkilä – Uusi Kaupunki
(in Finnish) From 1914 until 1999 there was a

psychiatric hospital Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, dissociative ...

in Nikkilä/Nickby, built by the city of

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

. The hospital's name was The Psychiatric hospital of Helsinki, Nikkilä.(, ). There are two churches in Nikkilä/Nickby. The older one was built in the 15th century, the new one in 1885. The

Nikkilä railway station The Nikkilä railway station ( fi, Nikkilän rautatieasema, sv, Nickby järnvägsstation) is located in the village and urban area of Nikkilä, in the municipality of Sipoo, Finland. History Nikkilä is one of the original stations of the priv ...

is located along the Kerava–Porvoo railway. As of 1991, the line has been operated as a

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Nikkilä, Sipoo
at Fonecta Villages in Finland Sipoo {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

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