Nummela () is the largest urban agglomeration and municipality seat of
Vihti
Vihti (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Vihti is situated in the Uusimaa region. The population of Vihti is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Fin ...
municipality in
Southern Finland
Southern Finland (, ) 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
On September 1, 1997 the Uusimaa Province, the Ky ...
. Nummela is located in a triangle between highways
1,
2 and
25, northwest from the capital
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
, northeast from the city of
Lohja
Lohja (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Lohja is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Lohja is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, munici ...
and southwest from
Ojakkala, 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
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. One of
Microsoft
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's data centers, the , is planned for Nummela.
Famous people from Nummela
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Uma Aaltonen, writer
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Merikukka Forsius, politician
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Ella Kanninen, television presenter
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Vivi Friedman, film director
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Veikko Helle, politician
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Anssi Kela, singer
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Jani Lakanen
Jani Lakanen (born 11 December 1976 in Lohja) is a Finnish orienteering competitor, winner of the 2006 World Orienteering Championships (Long distance).
He became world champion in ''relay'' in 2001, together with Jarkko Huovila, Juha Peltol ...
, orienteering competitor
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Aleksi Mäkelä, film director
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Markus ”Zarkus” Poussa, musician
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Markus Selin, film producer
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Jani Sievinen
Jani Nikanor Sievinen (; born 31 March 1974) is a former medley swimming, medley swimmer from Finland, who won the silver medal in the Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley, 200 m individual medley at th ...
, swimmer
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Eeli Tolvanen, ice hockey player
Gallery
Image: Nummela, keskusta, rautatien ylittävä silta.jpg, Center of Nummela at night.
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.
See also
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Muijala
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Ojakkala
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Vihti (village)
References
External links
Villages in Uusimaa
Vihti
Urban areas in Finland
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