Numminen is a village in the southern part of the
Mäntsälä municipality near the border of
Pornainen
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in
Uusimaa
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,
Finland
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. More than 300 inhabitants live in the village.
It is located along the Mustijoki River, about south of the
Mäntsälä's municipal centre and about northwest of
Kirveskoski
Kirveskoski (; officially ''Pornaisten kirkonkylä'') is a village of about 2000 inhabitants in Pornainen, Uusimaa, Finland, and the administrative center of the municipality. Next to the village is the Mustijoki, Mustijoki River (''Karjakoski'' b ...
, the municipal centre of Pornainen.
There are three historic
manors in the village: Nordbo (Ulriksdal), Ylikartano (Andersberg) and Alikartano (Frugård). Numminen has own primary school completed in 2013. The village includes the sports club Nummisten Vilkas and a hunting club.
In 2023 parliamentary elections 32.5% of inhabitants of Numminen voted for the Finns Party.
Notable people
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Outi Pieski (born 1973),
Sámi
Acronyms
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visual artist
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Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld (; 18 November 183212 August 1901) was a Finland-Swedish aristocrat, geologist, mineralogist and Arctic explorer. He was a member of the noble Nordenskiöld family of scientists and held the title of a friherre (ba ...
(1832–1901), geologist and explorer
See also
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Mäntsälä (village)
Mäntsälän kirkonkylä () is the largest urban area and the municipal center of Mäntsälä in Uusimaa, Finland, with about 11,000 inhabitants. It is located from Järvenpää, from Hyvinkää, from Porvoo and from Lahti. The Mäntsälänjok ...
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Kirveskoski
Kirveskoski (; officially ''Pornaisten kirkonkylä'') is a village of about 2000 inhabitants in Pornainen, Uusimaa, Finland, and the administrative center of the municipality. Next to the village is the Mustijoki, Mustijoki River (''Karjakoski'' b ...
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Järvenpää
Järvenpää (; , ; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Järvenpää is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region in the immediate vicinity of Lake Tuusula. The population of Järvenpää is approximately ...
References
External links
Nummisten kylä– Official Site (in Finnish)
Mäntsälä
Villages in Uusimaa
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