Nummi-Pusula

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Former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Nummi-Pusula in Finland

Coordinates: 60°23.5′N 023°53′E / 60.3917°N 23.883°E / 60.3917; 23.883CountryFinlandRegionUusimaaSub-regionHelsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region)Charter1981SeatNummiGovernment

• Municipal managerEero SoinioArea

^[1]

• 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)Climate DfbWebsitewww.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

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

Nummi villages

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 and Vivola.^[4]

Pusula villages

Ahonpää, Hattula, Hauhula, Herrala, Hirvijoki, Hyrkkölä, Hyönölä, Ikkala, Karisjärvi, Kaukela, Koisjärvi, Kärkölä, Marttila, Mäkkylä, Pusula, Radus, Seppälä, Suomela, Uusikylä, Viiala and Vörlö.^[5]

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)^[6]

References

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