Herunen is a village in the northern part of the Nurmijärvi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. At the end of 2011, there were 535 inhabitants in this small urban area, which crossed the municipal border between

Nurmijärvi Nurmijärvi () is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki. The neighboring municipalities of Nurmijärvi are Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, and it is part of the Greater Helsinki. Th ...

and Hyvinkää, of which 531 lived in Nurmijärvi and 4 in Hyvinkää. Herunen is located on Lohjanharju (part of the

Salpausselkä Salpausselkä (; "Bar Ridge") is an extensive ridge system left by the ice age in Southern Finland. It is a large terminal moraine formation that formed in front of the Baltic ice lake during the Younger Dryas period about 12,250–10,400 years ...

), about 50 meters above sea level. From Herunen to the northeast towards Hyvinkää, the old Helsinki– Hämeenlinna highway and the current regional road 130, will meet. By the south, towards neighbouring village Rajamäki, you will meet Highway 25, along which you can get to

Hanko Hanko may refer to People *August Hanko (military personnel), August Hanko, German First World War flying ace Places *Hanko, Finland, town and municipality *Hanko Peninsula, Finland *Hankø, an island in the Oslo Fjord in Norway *The asteroid ...

and Hyvinkää. The village does not have its own school and kindergarten, but the children attend school in Rajamäki. The Nurmijärvi parish rents the former Herunen's

kiosk Historically, a kiosk () was a small garden pavilion open on some or all sides common in Iran, Persia, the Indian subcontinent, and in the Ottoman Empire from the 13th century onward. Today, several examples of this type of kiosk still exist ...

from the sports club, and organizes club activities at the kiosk. The hiking trails of the Kiljavannummi sports area leave next to the kiosk. It is about seven kilometers from the kiosk to the golf center in

Kytäjä Kytäjä () is a village located in Hyvinkää, Finland. Kytäjä is along the connecting road 1361 about 15 kilometers west of the center of Hyvinkää and about 17 kilometers east of Loppi's Läyliäinen. Until 1917, the village belonged to the p ...

. During the spring and summer of 2018, a new full-scale 18-lane

discgolf Disc golf, also known as frisbee golf, is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf. Most disc golf discs are made out of polypropylene plastic, otherwise known as polypropene, which ...

course was completed in the Herunen area and commissioned in the fall.

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Herusten asukasyhdistys
(in Finnish) Villages in Finland Nurmijärvi Hyvinkää {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub

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