Nummi-Pusula

Nummi-Pusula
Former municipality
Nummi-Pusulan kunta Nummis-Pusala kommun
Nummi Church
Coat of arms
Location of Nummi-Pusula in Finland
Coordinates: 60°23.5′N 023°53′E
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region)
Charter	1981
Seat	Nummi
Government
• Municipal manager	Eero Soinio
Area [1]
• Total	505.13 km^2 (195.03 sq mi)
• Land	468.33 km^2 (180.82 sq mi)
• Water	36.8 km^2 (14.2 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2012)[2]
• Total	6,175
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate	Dfb
Website	www.nummi-pusula.fi

Nummi-Pusula (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnumːiˌpusulɑ]) is a former municipality of Finland. Its seat was in Nummi. Nummi-Pusula was formed in 1981 from the former municipalities Nummi and Pusula. With Karjalohja, it was merged with the town of Lohja on 1 January 2013.[3]

It was located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,175 (31 December 2012)[2] and covers an area of 505.13 square kilometres (195.03 sq mi) of which 36.8 km^2 (14.2 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 13.1851/km^2 (34.1494/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[4]

Villages

Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2013, Nummi-Pusula contained of the following villages:

Nummi Section[5]

Haarla Hakula Heijala Heimola Huhti Hyrsylä Hyvelä Immola Jakova Järvenpää

Jättölä Korkianoja Kovela Leppäkorpi Luttula Maikkala Maskila Mettula Miemola Millola

Mommola Mäntsälä Nummi Näkkilä Oinola Oittila Pakkala Pälölä Raatti Remala

Retlahti Röhkölä Salo Saukkola Sierla Sitarla Tavola Varttila Vivola

Pusula Section[6]

Ahonpää Hattula Hauhula Herrala Hirvijoki Hyrkkölä Hyönölä

Ikkala Karisjärvi Kaukela Koisjärvi Kärkölä Marttila Mäkkylä

Pusula Radus Seppälä Suomela Uusikylä Viiala Vörlö

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Nummi-Pusula:

• True Finns 25.8%
• Centre Party 20.3%
• Social Democratic Party 18.8%
• National Coalition Party 18.0%
• Left Alliance 7.0%
• Green League 5.3%
• Christian Democrats 2.1%
• Swedish People's Party 0.8%

Twinnings

• Abja Parish, Estonia (2004)[7]

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
3. "Vuosi vaihtuu - kartalta katoaa 16 kuntaa". Yle (in Finnish). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
4. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on June 12, 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
5. Jussila, Osmo (1977). Nummen historia vv. 1859–. [Nummi]; [Pusula]: [Nummen ja Pusulan historiatoimikunta]. pp. 288–296. ISBN 951-99126-6-5.
6. Jussila, Osmo (1977). Pusulan historia vv. 1859–. [Nummi]; [Pusula]: [Nummen ja Pusulan historiatoimikunta]. pp. 292–300. ISBN 951-99126-7-3.
7. "Sõprusvald" (in Estonian). Abja vald. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

External links

• Media related to Nummi-Pusula at Wikimedia Commons
• Municipality of Nummi-Pusula – Official website