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Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi (; , , Sweden ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country. Kirkkonummi is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Kirkkonummi is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Kirkkonummi is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately  million inhabitants. Kirkkonummi is situated on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Espoo, Vihti, Siuntio and Ingå. The literal translation of the Finnish name "''Kirkkonummi''" into English is “church heath”; the Swedish name "''Kyrkslätt''" translates to “church plain". Kirkkonummi is a bilingual municipality with Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages. Geography The municipality is located just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, bo ...
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Helsinki Metropolitan Area
Helsinki metropolitan area (, ) or Greater Helsinki (, ) is the metropolitan area around Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. It also includes the smaller Helsinki capital region, capital region. The terms Helsinki metropolitan area, Greater Helsinki, Capital region and the other terms used are not fixed and may vary in different contexts. The metropolitan region is the largest Urbanization, urbanised area in the country with a population of approximately million () and is by far the most important economic, cultural, and scientific region of Finland. Five of Finland's 14 List of universities in Finland, universities,These are Aalto University, the University of Helsinki, the University of the Arts Helsinki, the Hanken School of Economics, and the National Defence University (Finland), National Defence University. and six University of applied sciences (Finland), universities of applied sciences are located in the metropolitan area, as are most of the headquarters of major com ...
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Uusimaa
Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, along with the surrounding metropolitan area, are both contained in the region, and Uusimaa is Finland's most populous region. The population of Uusimaa is 1,734,000. While predominantly Finnish-speaking, Uusimaa has the highest total number of native speakers of Swedish in Finland even at a much lower share than two other regions. History From the time of the Vikings in the 8th century, an eastern road ran along the Gulf of Finland. The first inhabitants were nomads., pp. 5-7 The place name of Nuuksio derives from the Sami word which means 'swan.'' Later Finns proper and Tavastians inhabited the area. Some place names have traces of Tavastian village names, like Konala, which likely derives from the older Tavastian village name ' ...
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Helsinki Sub-region
Helsinki sub-region is a subdivision of Uusimaa in Finland. It is the most populous Sub-regions of Finland, sub-region in Finland with about million inhabitants. The sub-regions are used for statistical purposes. Statistics Finland uses the term Helsinki sub-region as ''SK011 Helsinki''. The Lohja sub-region was merged with the Helsinki sub-region in 2009. The Helsinki sub-region differs from the Helsinki metropolitan area (Greater Helsinki), which does not include the municipalities of Karkkila, Lohja and Siuntio. The metropolitan area has a population of about million. The smaller Helsinki capital region is the area comprising Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa. It has a population of about million. Municipalities See also * Tampere sub-region * Turku sub-region References

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Espoo
Espoo (, ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the west of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. Espoo is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, which has approximately  million inhabitants. Espoo is on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland and borders Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi. The city includes the Enclave and exclave, enclave of Kauniainen. Espoo covers an area of . Espoo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages, well above the national average. Espoo was settled in the Prehistory, Prehistoric Era, with evidence of human settlements dating back 8,000 years. However, the population disappeared during the early Iron Age. During the Middle Ages, Early Mi ...
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Kirkkonummen Keskusta
Kirkkonummen keskusta (; ) is the urban area and administrative centre of the Kirkkonummi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It has been built approximately in the middle of the municipality, along the Rantarata railway and the Highway 51. In terms of population, it is the municipality's largest human settlement, where at the end of 2022, over 20,000 people lived, or about half of Kirkkonummi's entire population. Most of Kirkkonummi municipality's services are also located in the area of the town centre; at the end of the 1990s, a McDonald's restaurant and the municipality's first Prisma hypermarket were opened in the centre. See also * Kirkkonummi railway station * Kantvik * Masala, Kirkkonummi * Veikkola Veikkola () is a village in Kirkkonummi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east ... References E ...
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Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipality, with  million in the Helsinki capital region, capital region and  million in the Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan area. As the most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in Finland, it is the country's most significant centre for politics, education, finance, culture, and research. Helsinki is north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. Helsinki has significant History of Helsinki, historical connections with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa and Kauniainen—and surrounding commuter towns, including the neighbouring municipality of Sipoo to the east—Helsinki forms a Helsinki metropolitan area, metropolitan are ...
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Veikkola
Veikkola () is a village in Kirkkonummi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, .... It is located about north of the municipal center along the Helsinki–Turku Highway ( E18), near the border of Vihti. The regional road 110 also passes through the village. Veikkola has almost 6,000 inhabitants. Near Veikkola is the Nuuksio National Park. There are two elementary schools in Veikkola, of which Veikkola School (''Veikkolan koulu'') is a 1–9 grade comprehensive school and Vuorenmäki School (''Vuorenmäen koulu'') is a 1–6 grade elementary school. Veikkola School was founded in 1899, and the current school building was built in 2004. Veikkola also has a health center, a library, several kindergartens and a nursing home, and a s ...
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Kantvik
Kantvik is a village in Kirkkonummi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It is located about south of the municipal center towards Upinniemi. Nearby services include a primary school and a Sale grocery store. There is a bus connection from Kantvik to the center of Kirkkonummi, such as lines 172, 173 and 904. There is industry in Kantvik, such as the Suomen Sokeri sugar factory, and Mildola, which manufactures vegetable oil products. Kantvik has also two harbour A harbor (American English), or harbour (Commonwealth English; see American and British English spelling differences#-our, -or, spelling differences), is a sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be Mooring, moored. The t ... areas, one of which, with an area of about five hectares, the Port of Helsinki manages.Kantvik Harbour

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Veikkola Kirkkonummi
Veikkola () is a village in Kirkkonummi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It is located about north of the municipal center along the Helsinki–Turku Highway ( E18), near the border of Vihti. The regional road 110 also passes through the village. Veikkola has almost 6,000 inhabitants. Near Veikkola is the Nuuksio National Park. There are two elementary schools in Veikkola, of which Veikkola School (''Veikkolan koulu'') is a 1–9 grade comprehensive school and Vuorenmäki School (''Vuorenmäen koulu'') is a 1–6 grade elementary school. Veikkola School was founded in 1899, and the current school building was built in 2004. Veikkola also has a health center, a library, several kindergartens and a nursing home, and a sports park with a soccer field. Veikkola also has three grocery stores: S Group's S-Market and Kesko's K-Market and K-Supermarket, and one R-kioski convenience store A convenience store, convenience shop, bakkal, bodega, corner store, corner shop, super ...
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Masala, Kirkkonummi
Masala () is a village of 4,853 inhabitants in Kirkkonummi municipality. It is located in the western Uusimaa region, in southern Finland, just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Masala railway station, a station on the Helsinki commuter rail Helsinki commuter rail (, ) is a commuter rail system serving the Helsinki metropolitan area. The system is managed by the Helsinki Regional Transport Authority (HSL) and operations are contracted out to VR Group, VR at least until 2031. The sys ... network is located in Masala. The Finnish Geodetic Institute also is located there. References Villages in Uusimaa Kirkkonummi {{Finland-geo-stub ...
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Upinniemi
Upinniemi () is a village in the municipality of Kirkkonummi in southern Finland. It is located approximately 12 km south of the municipal centre. Upinniemi is dominated by the Finnish naval base, which is one of the largest military installations in the country. The headquarters of the Gulf of Finland Naval Command is also located there. Finnish naval base The Finnish naval base headquarters is located in Kirkkonummi, which is approximately 30 km west of Helsinki, while the military port facilities are nearer the village of Upinniemi. The base is home to several elements of the Finnish Navy's fleet, including the Coastal Brigade, surface warfare units and support units. Naval training is also organized as a subunit at the base. The base has hosted joint naval exercises with the U.S. Marine Corps in August 2022, even prior to Finland's accession to NATO in 2023. In 2024, Finland opened up more specific military cooperation with the United States Navy, includin ...
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