Nummi-Pusula
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Nummi-Pusula | |
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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 / 60.3917°N 23.883°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region (formerly Lohja sub-region) |
| Charter | 1981 |
| Seat | Nummi |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Eero Soinio |
| Area | |
| • Total | 505.13 km2 (195.03 sq mi) |
| • Land | 468.33 km2 (180.82 sq mi) |
| • Water | 36.8 km2 (14.2 sq mi) |
| Population (31 December 2012)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,175 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (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 km2 (14.2 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 13.1851/km2 (34.1494/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.[4]
Villages
[edit]Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2013, Nummi-Pusula contained of the following villages:
Nummi Section[5]
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Pusula Section[6]
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Politics
[edit]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
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Abja Parish, Estonia (2004)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Vuosi vaihtuu - kartalta katoaa 16 kuntaa". Yle (in Finnish). 31 December 2012. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
- ^ "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.
External links
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Media related to Nummi-Pusula at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Nummi-Pusula – Official website
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