Nurmijärvi
Village
Town center along the Aleksis Kiven tie street.
Town center along the Aleksis Kiven tie street.
Nurmijärvi is located in Finland
Nurmijärvi
Nurmijärvi
Location in Finland
Coordinates: 60°27′47″N 24°48′40″E / 60.46306°N 24.81111°E / 60.46306; 24.81111
CountryFinland
RegionUusimaa
MunicipalityNurmijärvi
Area
 • Total11.27 km2 (4.35 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2017)[1]
 • Total7,429
 • Density6,592/km2 (17,070/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

The Nurmijärvi church village (also known as Nurmijärvi; Finnish: Nurmijärven kirkonkylä) is the administrative center of the municipality by the same name in Uusimaa, Finland, with about 8,000 inhabitants.[2] At the end of 2018, the population of the Nurmijärvi's urban area in accordance with Statistics Finland's agglomeration area was 7,429,[1] made it the second most-populated urban area of the municipality. It is located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Rajamäki, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from Röykkä and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from the municipality's largest and the most-populated urban area, Klaukkala.

The connecting road 1311 (former regional road 131) runs through the center between the Rajamäki and Hämeenlinnanväylä junctions. There is also a road connection to the center of Tuusula, as regional road 139 runs through the village of Palojoki towards Hyrylä.[3] The largest industrial and business area in the municipality, Ilvesvuori, is being built near the center by the Tampere Highway (E12),[2] and a large logistics center owned by Kesko is being built there, among other things.[4] Next to Ilvesvuori, along the motorway, there is Myllykukko, known as a place for refueling and eating, and its services include Hesburger and Subway restaurants, among others.[5]

Nurmijärvi center has many service sector jobs. Its municipal services include the municipal hall, library,[6] several grocery stores (three Kesko's and one S Group's), main health center,[7] fire station and police station.[8][3] It also has two primary schools (Maaniittu school and Lukkari School)[9] and one high school.[3][10] Other facilities include the Kino Juha cinema and bus station. The grocery chain Lidl and the discount store chain Tokmanni opened their stores in August 2022.[11][12] There is also Finland's only Erätukku, a store specializing in equipments of wilderness hiking and fishing, which reopened in 2018 with the help of a new owner.[13] In 2021, the Bowling Corner & Billiard leisure venue was opened, where people can go bowling and play billiards.[14]

Nurmijärvi Museum Coffeehouse (Nurmijärven museokahvila), a local museum and former parish warehouse right next to the Nurmijärvi Church

On Aleksis Kiven tie street is the Nurmijärvi church (1793) and the cemetery, the old rectory called Lukkarila, and Mäntylä, the house of Malakias Costiander, the first schoolmaster of Nurmijärvi; Costiander was known as Aleksis Kivi's teacher.[15] Near the church was also the first pharmaceutical factory in Finland, once founded by Albin Koponen.[2][16] Next to the village was once a lake of the same name, which was partially drained in the 1920s and completely in the 1950s to gain more farmland.[17]

The village served as a filming location for the 1954 comedy film Hilma's Name Day (Hilmanpäivät), directed by Matti Kassila.[18]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Taajamat väkiluvun ja väestöntiheyden mukaan 31.12.2018". Tilastokeskuksen PxWeb-tietokannat (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kirkonkylä" (in Finnish). Municipality of Nurmijärvi. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Nurmijärven karttapalvelu: Nurmijärven kirkonkylä ja sen palveluja" (in Finnish). Municipality of Nurmijärvi. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  4. ↑ Keskon uusi jättimäinen logistiikkakeskus nousemassa Nurmijärvelle – Kauppalehti (in Finnish)
  5. ↑ Myllykukko (in Finnish)
  6. ↑ "Nurmijärven pääkirjasto". kirjastot.f (in Finnish). Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Terveysasemien sijainti". keski-uudenmaansote.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  8. ↑ Nurmijärvi police station – Poliisi
  9. ↑ "Koulut ja lukiot" (in Finnish). Municipality of Nurmijärvi. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Lukiokoulutus" (in Finnish). Municipality of Nurmijärvi. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  11. ↑ Lidl ja Tokmanni avaavat yhteismyymälän Nurmijärven Kirkonkylään (in Finnish)
  12. ↑ Tokmanni ja Lidl avaavat Kirkonkylässä – myymälät työllistävät noin 40 työntekijää, joista pääosa nurmijärveläisiä (in Finnish)
  13. ↑ "Erätukku avasi liikkeen Nurmijärvellä – ainut Suomessa". Nurmijärven uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  14. ↑ Bowling Corner - Official Site (in Finnish)
  15. ↑ Kirkonkylä - Aleksis Kiven jalanjäljillä (in Finnish)
  16. ↑ It all began with Albin and woodfern – Orion
  17. ↑ "Järventaustan kyläsuunitelma 2013" (PDF). Nurmijärven kunta (in Finnish). 2013.
  18. ↑ "Hilmapäivät". Elonet (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
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