Pornainen

Pornainen (Borgnäs) is a small municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The neighboring municipalities are Askola in the east, Mäntsälä in the north, Porvoo in the southeast and Sipoo in the southwest. It is located 18 km east of the town of Järvenpää.

The municipality has a population of 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The administrative centre of municipality is Kirveskoski (about 2,000 residents), also known as Pornainen's church village, and second largest village is Halkia (about 500 residents). The population density is undefined PD/km2.

Movies and scenes for TV productions and short films have been filmed in Pornainen from the 1930s to the present day. In the publications of film industry, Pornainen was once named the most photographed locality in Finland, that is why the municipality has marketed itself under the nickname "Hollywood of Finland". The village of Laukkoski is known as a summer destination for many former celebrities, such as actress Regina Linnanheimo, and writers Mika Waltari and Juhani Aho.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Pornainen:


 * True Finns  25.4%
 * Social Democratic Party  22.8%
 * National Coalition Party  20.6%
 * Centre Party  18.1%
 * Green League  5.4%
 * Left Alliance  3.6%
 * Christian Democrats  1.6%
 * Swedish People's Party  1.5%

Notable people

 * Wiljo Tuompo (1893–1957)
 * Seppo Aho (born 1944)
 * Joona Sotala (born 1998)