Nurmijärvi
Municipality in Uusimaa, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nurmijärvi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnurmiˌjærʋi]) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Nurmijärvi is situated in the Uusimaa region. The population of Nurmijärvi is approximately 45,000. It is the 26th most populous municipality in Finland and the most populous municipality without city status (Finnish: kaupunki). Nurmijärvi is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, which has approximately 1.58 million inhabitants.
Nurmijärvi | |
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Municipality | |
Nurmijärven kunta Nurmijärvi kommun | |
Coordinates: 60°28′N 024°48.5′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Uusimaa |
Sub-region | Helsinki sub-region |
Metropolitan area | Helsinki metropolitan area |
Charter | 1605 |
Seat | Nurmijärvi (Kirkonkylä) |
Villages | Klaukkala, Rajamäki, Röykkä |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Outi Mäkelä[1] |
Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
• Total | 367.26 km2 (141.80 sq mi) |
• Land | 361.9 km2 (139.7 sq mi) |
• Water | 5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi) |
• Rank | 211th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[3] | |
• Total | 44,785 |
• Rank | 26th largest in Finland |
• Density | 123.75/km2 (320.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 91.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 1.3% |
• Others | 7.7% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 19.8% |
• 15 to 64 | 63.2% |
• 65 or older | 17% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www |
Nurmijärvi is located 37 kilometres (23 mi) north of the capital, Helsinki. Nurmijärvi's neighbouring municipalities are Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti. In recent decades, Nurmijärvi has been one of the fastest growing municipalities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and in Finland as a whole. The proximity to Helsinki has led to significant growth in the main villages such as Klaukkala, Rajamäki and Röykkä. Klaukkala is the largest built-up area in Nurmijärvi, which is now considered a suburb of Helsinki. The Nurmijärvi church village is the administrative centre of the parish, although population growth is clearly concentrated in Klaukkala.
Nurmijärvi literally means "lawn lake" although the lake that gave the municipality its name was drained in the early 20th century and is now nothing more than some flat fields near the village centre. Nurmijärvi is one of three municipalities in the Uusimaa region that does not have a Swedish name, the others being Askola and Mäntsälä.