Nummela () is the largest urban agglomeration and municipality seat of

Vihti Vihti (; sv, Vichtis) is a small municipality located in the Uusimaa region of province of Southern Finland, approximately northwest of the capital city Helsinki. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is wate ...

municipality in

Southern Finland Southern Finland ( fi, Etelä-Suomen lääni, sv, Södra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia. History O ...

. Nummela is located in a triangle between highways 1, 2 and 25, northwest from the capital

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

, northeast from the city of

Lohja Lohja (; sv, Lojo) is a city and municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland. The city has a population of 47,518 (2017), and it covers an area of of which , or 8.3 percent, is water. The population density of Lohja is . The municipality is ...

and southwest from

Ojakkala Ojakkala is a village in the Vihti municipality, 45 kilometers from Helsinki, Finland. The administrative center of Vihti municipality, Nummela, is located southwest of Ojakkala. Next to village is Enäjärvi. The population of Ojakkala is abo ...

, the third largest settlement in Vihti. Population of Nummela's urban area is around 13 500 and population within its post code is around 15 000. Nummela has an airport (ICAO: EFNU) that is suitable for

gliding Gliding is a recreational activity and competitive air sport in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes using naturally occurring currents of rising air in the atmosphere to remain airborne. The word ''soaring'' is al ...

.Lentopaikat, Nummela EFNU

Famous people from Nummela

Uma Aaltonen Ulla-Maija "Uma" Aaltonen (28 August 1940, Vihti – 13 July 2009, Helsinki) was a Finnish people, Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician. Early life and education Aaltonen was raised on a farm and learned to love animals ...

, writer *

Merikukka Forsius Merikukka Forsius (born August 12, 1972, in Helsinki) is a Finland, Finnish politician and former member of the Parliament of Finland, Finnish Parliament, representing the centre-right National Coalition Party (Finland), National Coalition Party (K ...

, politician * Ella Kanninen, television presenter * Vivi Friedman, film director *

Veikko Helle Veikko Kullervo Helle (11 December 1911, in Vihti – 5 February 2005, in Lohja) was a Finnish politician representing the Social Democrats. Helle was originally a carpenter by trade and followed his father into municipal politics and later int ...

, politician *

Anssi Kela Anssi Kela (born 29 July 1972 in Kerava, Finland) is a Finnish singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist who has published six albums. During his career, Kela has sold over 230,000 records in Finland. He received four Emma awards in 2002. Anssi K ...

, singer * Jani Lakanen, orienteering competitor * Aleksi Mäkelä, film director * Markus ”Zarkus” Poussa, musician *

Markus Selin Markus Selin (born 16 March 1960) is a Finnish television and film producer. Career Selin was born in Vihti. His first feature was conceived in the mid-1980s. At a party in Los Angeles, he was introduced to fellow Finn Renny Harlin. The two c ...

, film producer *

Jani Sievinen Jani Nikanor Sievinen (; born 31 March 1974) is a former medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the 200 m individual medley at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In winning the World Championship 200m individ ...

, swimmer * Eeli Tolvanen, ice hockey player

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Image: Nummela.jpg, Center of Nummela. Image:Library in Nummela, Vihti (2).jpg , The seat of the main library of Vihti is in Nummela. Image: Rientola, Nummelan TY Elo 07.jpg, Rientola, the people's House in Nummela.

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