Panelia is a village in the municipality of

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. It is located on the connecting road 2172, about away from the town centers of Eura and

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. Panelia has a population of 850 inhabitants, and, along with the Eurakoski village, it was the second urban area in the former municipality of

Kiukainen Kiukainen ( sv, Kiukais) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Eura on 1 January 2009. It is located in the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 3,408 (2003) and covered an area of 149.88 km² of ...

, which joined Eura in 2009.

History

Panelia is an old village, established in the 13th century at the latest. The origin of the name is unclear, but Aarne Rauvola suggests that it refers to ''panni'', an old unit of measurement used for grain. Panelia, like the rest of Kiukainen, was originally a part of the

parish. The first chapel in the area was built in the early 1690s. The chapel burnt down in 1714, after which a church was built in the village of Kiukainen (now Eurakoski). Due to this, Kiukainen/Eurakoski supplanted Panelia as the main village of the area.

Services

Panelia's services include a

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, a

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, a

health center A healthcare center, health center, or community health center is one of a network of clinics staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses providing healthcare services to people in a certain area. Typical services covered are family pr ...

and a

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. In addition, the village has a pharmacy, K-Market grocery store,

café A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non ...

and

pizzeria A pizzeria is a restaurant focusing on pizza. As well as pizza, dishes at pizzerias can include kebab, salads and pasta. Many pizzerias offer take-away, where the customer orders their food either in advance or at the restaurant and then t ...

. The village previously has the

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bank office, but it was closed in 2017. Panelia also has an ice hall, which was completed in 1999, and a disc golf course. Formerly Panelia housed a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

along the

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– Rauma railway. It was opened in 1897 and was closed in 1997. Panelia's well-known attractions include the

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

, dairy, and the Paneliankoski's

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along the Eura River. Paneliankosken Voimalaitos joen varrella

Culture and sights

The most famous attraction in Panelia is Kuninkaanhauta ("The King's Grave"), a

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...

tumulus A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones bu ...

dating back to c. 1500–1300 BC, which is the largest burial cairn (Finnish: ''hiidenkiuas'') in Finland. A memorial to those who died in Karelia during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

was unveiled at the Panelia Cemetery in 1958. In addition, at Maijalankallio, located north of the village, has a memorial stone to the site of the mass execution of the

Red Guards Red Guards () were a mass student-led paramilitary social movement mobilized and guided by Chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 through 1967, during the first phase of the Cultural Revolution, which he had instituted.Teiwes According to a Red Guard lead ...

during the 1918 Civil War. Panelia (008)

The village of Panelia is one of the nationally significant built cultural environments inventoried by the Finnish Heritage Agency. Panelia has been chosen as the Satakunta's the "village of the year" in 2006 and 2017. In 2017, Panelia was ranked second in the "most beautiful village" poll of ''Maalla'' magazine in honor of the 100th anniversary of Finland.

References

External links

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Panelia
– Official website (in Finnish)
Panelia's location
at Fonecta Eura Villages in Finland

History

Services

Culture and sights

See also

References

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