Nummi-Pusula

Nummi-Pusula
—  Municipality  —
Nummi-Pusulan kunta
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; 23.883Coordinates: 60°23.5′N 023°53′E / 60.3917°N 23.883°E / 60.3917; 23.883
Country	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Helsinki sub-region
Charter	1981
Seat	Saukkola
Government
- Municipal manager	Eero Soinio
Area(2011-01-01)[1]
- Total	505.13 km2 (195 sq mi)
- Land	468.33 km2 (180.8 sq mi)
- Water	36.8 km2 (14.2 sq mi)
Area rank	229th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
- Total	6,124
- Rank	162nd largest in Finland
- Density	13.08/km2 (33.9/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
- Finnish	97% (official)
- Swedish	1.2%
- Others	1.8%
Population by age[4]
- 0 to 14	17.6%
- 15 to 64	63.2%
- 65 or older	19.2%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5]	20.5%
Website	www.nummi-pusula.fi

Nummi-Pusula (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈnumːiˌpusulɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. Its seat is in Saukkola. Nummi-Pusula was formed in 1981 from the former municipalities Nummi and Pusula.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,124 (31 January 2011)^[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 13.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (33.9 /sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 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

1. ^ ^{a b} "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
3. ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009. 
4. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
6. ^ "Sõprusvald" (in Estonian). Abja vald. http://www.abja.ee/client/default.asp?wa_id=422&wa_object_id=1. Retrieved 23 July 2011. 

External links

Media related to Nummi-Pusula at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Nummi-Pusula – Official website