Nokia on teollisuuskaupunki ja eräiden suomalaisten tuotemerkkien lähtöpaikka, kuuluisimpina niistä entinen monialayritys ja nykyinen tietoliikennealan yhtiö Nokia ja vaatteiden valmistaja Nanso.
Nimen etymologia
Sanan ”nois” (monikko ”nokiit”) on väitetty tarkoittavan turkiseläin soopelia, mikä kertoisi siitä, että Nokia oli keskeinen kaupankäyntipaikka, jossa soopelinturkit olivat arvokkain hyödyke. Viimeaikainen tutkimus on kuitenkin arvellut, etteivät soopelit olisi kuuluneet Suomen eläinkuntaan edes muinaisuudessa. ”Nokia” tarkoittaisikin majavaa. Toisaalta sen oletetaan tarkoittaneen alun perin musta- tai tummaturkkisia eläimiä, mikä selittäisi sen yhteyden noki-sanaan vertauksena tuhkuri.
Sana nokia esiintyy usein vesistöjen nimissä, joten se on saattanut tarkoittaa turkiseläimen pesimispaikkaa.
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Nokia, Finland (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnokiɑ]) is a town and a municipality on the banks of the Nokianvirta River (Kokemäenjoki) in the region of Pirkanmaa, some 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Tampere. As of 30 September 2014 it has a population of 32,786.
The origin of the name "Nokia" is obscure. In modern Finnish, noki means soot and nokia is its inflected plural, although this form of the word is rarely if ever used. The most common theory claims the name actually originates from the archaic Finnish word nois (pl. nokia) or nokinäätä ("soot marten"), meaning sable.[6] After sable was hunted to extinction in Finland, the word was applied to any dark-coated fur animal, such as the marten, which are found in the area to this day. The sable is enshrined on the Nokia coat of arms. However, later research has appeared to indicate that sables never inhabited Finland in the first place, and the name nois may actually refer to the beaver.
Nokia was the setting of one of the largest battles in the Club War, a 1596 peasant uprising against Swedish feudal lords. The peasants, armed with clubs, took up residence in Nokia Manor and won several skirmishes against the feudal cavalry, but were decisively defeated by Klaus Fleming on January 1–2, 1597.
Thousands of clubmen were slain and their leader Jaakko Ilkka, who had fled, was captured a few weeks later and executed. The Club War was the last major peasant revolt in Finland, and it permanently consolidated the hold of the nation state. Much later, in the Finnish Civil War (1918), Nokia (along with neighboring Tampere) was a Socialist stronghold and saw some combat.
Nokia used to reach out to the current heart of Tampere, with the Pispala area a part of Nokia's Suur-Pirkkala area. Suur-Pirkkala was eventually split into Pohjois- and Eteläis-Pirkkala (Northern and Southern). In 1938 Pohjois-Pirkkala was renamed as Nokia and Southern Pirkkala restored its original Pirkkala name. Nokia was designated as a city in 1977.
As of 2008, the telecommunication company Nokia no longer has any operations in the city of Nokia. Despite the company having been founded in Nokia, the headquarters were moved to Espoo, and the main factories are in Salo, both nearly 200 kilometres south of Nokia.
The only current presence of the company in the city is the Nokia mansion, which is sometimes used for private parties for the company's executive staff. The city has repeatedly been asked to commemorate the company it gave birth to, but it has always declined, on the grounds that mobile phones were never produced there.
Nokia does have engineering and design facilities 15 kilometers away in nearby Tampere.
Today's Nokia is famous for its spa, factory shops, waterways, and events. Nokia also enjoys good road and air connections. From a religious perspective, Nokia is best known for the charismatic Nokia Revival which began in 1990, and continues to the present through the work of Markku Koivisto and Nokia Missio, which practically died since the founder had to leave the mission, because of inappropriate sexual behavior.
