Nummi-Pusula () is a former

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

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. Its seat was in

Nummi New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) was an American automobile manufacturing company in Fremont, California, jointly owned by General Motors and Toyota, that opened in 1984 and closed in April 2010. The plant is located in the East Ind ...

. Nummi-Pusula was formed in 1981 from the former municipalities Nummi and Pusula. With

Karjalohja Karjalohja (; ) is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. Before merging into Lohja, the municipality had a population of (31 December 2012) and covered an area of ...

, it was merged with the town of

Lohja Lohja (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Lohja is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Lohja is approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, munici ...

on 1 January 2013. It was located in the

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and was part of the

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, alo ...

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. The municipality has a population of (31 December 2012) and covers an area of of which is water. The

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is . The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Villages

Prior to its consolidation into Lohja in 2013, Nummi-Pusula contained the following villages: Nummi Section * Haarla * Hakula * Heijala * Heimola * Huhti * Hyrsylä * Hyvelä * Immola * Jakova *

Järvenpää Järvenpää (; , ; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Järvenpää is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region in the immediate vicinity of Lake Tuusula. The population of Järvenpää is approximately ...

* Jättölä * Korkianoja * Kovela * Leppäkorpi * Luttula * Maikkala * Maskila * Mettula * Miemola * Millola * Mommola *

Mäntsälä Mäntsälä () is a municipality in the province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa region. It has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finni ...

* Näkkilä * Oinola * Oittila * Pakkala * Pälölä * Raatti * Remala * Retlahti * Röhkölä *

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Saukkola Saukkola () is an urban area and Districts of Lohja, district in the city of Lohja and the former administrative center, administrative centre of the Nummi-Pusula municipality. Old Turku Road between Turku and Helsinki (Finnish regional road 110, ...

* Sierla *

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* Tavola * Varttila * Vivola Pusula Section * Ahonpää *

Hattula Hattula () is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Tavastia Proper region and until 2010 it was located in the province of Southern Finland. Hattula is almost completely surrounded by Hämeenlinna, only in the north it shares the border w ...

* Hauhula * Herrala * Hirvijoki * Hyrkkölä * Hyönölä * Ikkala * Karisjärvi * Kaukela * Koisjärvi *

Kärkölä Kärkölä () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population densit ...

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* Mäkkylä * Pusula * Radus * Seppälä * Suomela * Uusikylä * Viiala * Vörlö

Politics

Results of the

2011 Finnish parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 17 April 2011 after the termination of the previous parliamentary term. Early voting, Advance voting, which included voting by Finnish expatriates, was held between 6 and 12 April with a turnout o ...

in Nummi-Pusula: *

True Finns The Finns Party ( , PS; , Sannf), formerly known as the True Finns, is a right-wing populist political party in Finland. It was founded in 1995 following the dissolution of the Finnish Rural Party. The party achieved its electoral breakthro ...

25.8% * Centre Party 20.3% *

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties Form ...

18.8% *

National Coalition Party The National Coalition Party (NCP; , Kok; , Saml) is a liberal conservatism, liberal-conservative List of political parties in Finland, political party in Finland. It is the current governing political party of Finland. Founded in 1918, the ...

18.0% * Left Alliance 7.0% *

Green League The Green League, ( , Vihr; ; ; ; ) shortened to the Greens, (; ) is a green political party in Finland. Ideologically, the Green League is positioned on the centre-left of the political spectrum. It is a reformist party and it supports femi ...

5.3% * Christian Democrats 2.1% *

Swedish People's Party The Swedish People's Party of Finland (SPP; , SFP; , RKP) is a Finnish political party founded in 1906. Its primary aim is to represent the interests of the minority Swedish-speaking population of Finland. The party is currently a participant in ...

0.8%

Twinnings

* Abja Parish, Estonia (2004)

References

External links

*
Municipality of Nummi-Pusula
– Official website Populated places established in 1981 Lohja Former municipalities of Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub