Nummi-Pusula

Coordinates: 60°23.5′N 023°53′E / 60.3917°N 23.883°E / 60.3917; 23.883
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Nummi-Pusula
Former municipality
Nummi-Pusulan kunta
Nummis-Pusala kommun
Nummi Church
Nummi Church
Coat of arms of Nummi-Pusula
Location of Nummi-Pusula in Finland
Location of Nummi-Pusula in Finland
Coordinates: 60°23.5′N 023°53′E / 60.3917°N 23.883°E / 60.3917; 23.883
CountryFinland
RegionUusimaa
Sub-regionHelsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region)
Charter1981
SeatNummi
Government
 • Municipal managerEero Soinio
Area
 • Total505.13 km2 (195.03 sq mi)
 • Land468.33 km2 (180.82 sq mi)
 • Water36.8 km2 (14.2 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2012)[2]
 • Total6,175
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.nummi-pusula.fi

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

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 km2 (14.2 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 13.1851/km2 (34.1494/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[3]

Villages[edit]

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

Nummi villages[edit]

Pusula villages[edit]

Politics[edit]

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

Twinnings[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "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. ^ "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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Jussila, Osmo (1977). Nummen historia vv. 1859–. [Nummi]; [Pusula]: [Nummen ja Pusulan historiatoimikunta]. pp. 288–296. ISBN 951-99126-6-5.
  5. ^ Jussila, Osmo (1977). Pusulan historia vv. 1859–. [Nummi]; [Pusula]: [Nummen ja Pusulan historiatoimikunta]. pp. 292–300. ISBN 951-99126-7-3.
  6. ^ "Sõprusvald" (in Estonian). Abja vald. Retrieved 23 July 2011.

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