Niinisalo

Main ("lamello") barracks of the Niinisalo Garrison

Niinisalo is a village in the municipality of Kankaanpää in the region of Satakunta in Finland. It is known for the Niinisalo Garrison which is the base of the Finnish Army unit Artillery Brigade.[1] The population of Niinisalo is 996 (2009).[2]

The Kankaanpää Museum is located in Niinisalo.[3] From 1977 to 1997 Niinisalo was the home of the Artillery Museum of Finland.[4] Niinisalo railway station was designed by architect Thure Hellström in 1933 but the Pori–Haapamäki railway was closed in the 1980s.[5]

  1. ^ Niinisalo Garrison Kankaanpää Municipality Official Homepage. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ^ Population by Postal Code Areas, 31 December 2009. Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine p. 17. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  3. ^ Kankaanpää Museum Museot.fi. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ^ Tykistömuseo Museo Militaria (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  5. ^ Rautatieasema elää Kankaanpää Municipality Official Homepage (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 October 2014.