Viiala is a former municipality of Finland. On 1 January 2007, it was consolidated with

Toijala Toijala is a former town and municipality of Finland, located some 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 an ...

to form the town of

Akaa Akaa ( sv, Ackas) is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on January 1, 2007 when the town of Toijala and the municipality of Viiala were united into a single town. The municipality of Kylmäkoski was consolidated with ...

. Viiala is located in the

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Western Finland Western Finland ( fi, Länsi-Suomen lääni, sv, Västra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. ...

and is part of the

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Sou ...

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. The municipality had a population of 5,329 (2003) and covered an area of 56.78 km² of which 5.88 km² is water. The

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was 104.7 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually

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Notable people

Tenho Saurén Tenho Saurén (1 September 1926, Viiala, now a part of Akaa - 21 March 2001 Tampere, Finland) was a Finnish actor and comic. He appeared on Finnish television several times in the 1970s and early 1980s always in comedy roles. He starred as the p ...

– Finnish comic actor *

Aimo Lahti Aimo Johannes Lahti (April 28, 1896 – April 19, 1970)Kärävä, Simo (2002) Veteraanien perintö Ry. Retrieved on 2006-11-14 was a self-taught Finnish weapons designer. Of the 50 weapons he designed, the best known is the Suomi KP/-31 SMG. Othe ...

– Finnish weapons designer * Hessu Maxx – Finnish drummer * Toni Lähteenmäki – Finnish race car driver

External links

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Town of Akaa
– Official website Populated places disestablished in 2007 Former municipalities of Finland Akaa {{WesternFinland-geo-stub