The Vihti church village (also known as Vihti; fi, Vihdin kirkonkylä) is the second largest

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...

and former

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of the municipality of Vihti (the municipal office moved from the church village to Nummela in 2004) in

Uusimaa Uusimaa (; sv, Nyland, ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, He ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

. The village is located in the northern part of Vihti on the northern shore of Lake Kirkkojärvi, which belongs to

Lake Hiidenvesi Hiidenvesi (; literally meaning the "water of goblin") is the second largest lake in the Uusimaa region in Finland. The biggest part of the lake is located in the municipality of Vihti and smaller parts in the town of Lohja. The lake drains through ...

. The village has about 3,500 inhabitants. The church village includes the Vihti Church, the ruins of St. Britget's Church, the Vihti Museum, the Siirilä Art House and the Summer Theater. During the summer, the village hosts the ''Wuosisatamarkkinat'' festival and

midsummer Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer usually held at a date around the summer solstice. It has pagan pre-Christian roots in Europe. The undivided Christian Church designated June 24 as the feast day of the early Christian mart ...

celebrations, both of which gather thousands of guests. In the summer of 2016, a nationwide mission was held in the village. In 1994, the church village of Vihti was chosen as the Uusimaa Village of the Year.

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