Marttila
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Marttila (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx, i.e. "Saint Martin's") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 1,907 (31 March 2025)[1] and covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". of which Script error: No such module "convert". is water.[2] The population density is Script error: No such module "convert"..
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Marttila's neighbouring municipalities are Koski Tl, Lieto, Loimaa, Paimio, Pöytyä and Salo.
History
During the Swedish domestic war regarding who was to be king, an important battle took place here 29 August 1599. Troops under Axel Kurck, supporting king Sigismund were defeated by troops supported duke Karl, soon to be king Karl IX. Karl more or less already ruled Sweden and what is Finland nowadays, and Sigismund were based in Poland. There is a memorial, erected 1934, to be seen in Marttila. Marttila is along what at that time was called "Tavastlands Oxväg", in Finnish now posted as "Hämeen Härkätie", which in English translates to "Oxroad of Häme".
Notable people
- Sirkka-Liisa Anttila (born 1943), politician; the former Minister of Agriculture and ForestryScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Lauri Heikkilä (born 1957), politicianScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
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Gallery
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Borough hall
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