Numlahti ( sv, Numlax) is a rural village in the municipality of

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 ...

, close to the village of

Perttula Perttula ( sv, Bertby) is a rural village along the Lopentie road in Nurmijärvi, Finland. Living is focused to agriculture. It's rounded neighboring villages like Uotila, Numlahti, Valkjärvi and Nummenpää. Nurmijärvi's largest village Klau ...

and five kilometers from

Klaukkala Klaukkala (; sv, Klövskog , ) is the southern-most urban area ( fi, taajama) of the Nurmijärvi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland, located near Lake Valkjärvi. It is the largest urban area in Nurmijärvi, and despite the fact that it officially ...

. The

Numlahti Manor Numlahti Manor ( fi, Numlahden kartano, sv, Numlax gård) is a manor house and mansion located in Nurmijärvi, close to the villages of Valkjärvi and Numlahti along the Lopentie road. The Numlahti Manor is the oldest manor of Nurmijärvi. Hi ...

, which dates back to

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and is the oldest manor of the municipality, is located in Numlahti along the Lopentie road. The lands of the manor were separated after the World War II for immigrants who came from

Karelia Karelia ( Karelian and fi, Karjala, ; rus, Каре́лия, links=y, r=Karélija, p=kɐˈrʲelʲɪjə, historically ''Korjela''; sv, Karelen), the land of the Karelian people, is an area in Northern Europe of historical significance for ...

to be redeemed, thus forming a so-called "karelian village". Between Perttula,

Uotila Uotila is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Leena Uotila (born 1947), Finnish actress * Kari Uotila (born 1955), Finnish politician * Sami Uotila (actor) (born 1971), Finnish actor * Sami Uotila (skier) (born 1976), Finn ...

and Numlahti was once lake called Kuhajärvi, which was dried in a field partly in the 1830s and 1850s, and then completely in the 1920s and 1940s. Numlahti has no school of its own, but the pupils go to other schools in the municipality.

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* {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub Nurmijärvi Villages in Finland