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Nikkilä (; ) is a village located in the Uusi Nikkilä – Uusi Kaupunki
(in Finnish) From 1914 until 1999 there was a
Nikkilä, Sipoo
at Fonecta Villages in Uusimaa Sipoo {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub
Nikkilä (; ) is a village located in the Sipoo
Sipoo (; ) 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 municipality i ...
municipality in the Uusimaa
Uusimaa (; , ; 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, Helsinki, alo ...
region of the Southern Finland
Southern Finland (, ) 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
On September 1, 1997 the Uusimaa Province, the Ky ...
province. Nikkilä is the largest village and the administrative centre
An administrative centre 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 the administrative language, such as Belgi ...
of Sipoo.(in Finnish) From 1914 until 1999 there was a
psychiatric hospital
A psychiatric hospital, also known as a mental health hospital, a behavioral health hospital, or an asylum is a specialized medical facility that focuses on the treatment of severe Mental disorder, mental disorders. These institutions cater t ...
in Nikkilä/Nickby, built by the city of Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
. 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 is located along the Kerava–Porvoo railway. As of 1991, the line has been operated as a heritage railway
A heritage railway or heritage railroad (U.S. usage) is a railway operated as living history to re-create or preserve railway scenes of the past. Heritage railways are often old railway lines preserved in a state depicting a period (or periods) ...
.
See also
*Kerava
Kerava (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Kerava is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region. The population of Kerava is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality ...
* Korso
Korso is a district and major region in Helsinki metropolitan area, in northeastern Vantaa, Finland. The district has 7,402 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2014).
Since 2007, the Korso major region has included the following nine districts: Matari ...
* Söderkulla
Söderkulla (; literally meaning the "south hill") is a village in the southern part of the Sipoo municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It is located along the Regional road 170 and the Porvoo Highway ( E18), and about north of Söderkulla is Nikk ...
References
External links
Nikkilä, Sipoo
at Fonecta Villages in Uusimaa Sipoo {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub