Kirkkonummi

Kirkkonummi () is a municipality o 36,965 inhabitants  (31 Januar 2011). in soothren Finland. The literal meanin o the wirds "Kirkkonummi" an "Kyrkslätt" in Scots is "kirk moor".

The municipality is locatit juist ootside the Greater Helsinki aurie, borderin the ceety o Espoo in the east. Ither neighbourin municipalities are Vihti an Siuntio. The distance frae the municipal centre tae central Helsinki is some 30 kilometres (20 mi). Kirkkonummi an aw haes excellent train an bus connections tae ither pairts o the Greater Helsinki aurie, an mony o its inhabitants commute daily tae Helsinki.

The municipality covers an aurie o 1,016.01 square kilometres (392.28 sq mi) o which 649.91 km2 (250.93 sq mi) is watter. The population density is 100.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (261.5 /sq mi). Ower the recent years, Kirkkonummi haes faced the heichest population growth rate in the kintra, ower 3% per annum.

Major population centres in Kirkkonummi include the municipal centre, Masala, Veikkola, Kantvik an the Upinniemi naval garrison aurie. In addition tae these, there are dozens o smawer veelages. Geographically, Kirkkonummi haes twa famous peninsulas, namely Porkkala an Upinniemi, the latter ane o which hooses a major Finnish naval base. Porkkala is an aw on ane o the main bird migration routes in the Baltic Sea region. Additionally, Kirkkonummi haes a lairge central plains aurie, through which a railwa goes frae Helsinki tae Turku as well as extensive lake auries, hintle o which are quite untouched wilderness.

Kirkkonummi haes been populatit frae the Stane Age tae the present day as evidenced bi the vera first Stane Age rock paintins foond in Finland that are locatit bi lake Vitträsk in the central lake region o Kirkkonummi. Incidentally, these paintins wur foond bi the famous Finnish composer Jean Sibelius hissel. The soothren hauf o the municipality wis leased tae the Soviet Union atween 1945 an 1956 for uise as a naval base as pairt o the peace settlement that endit the hostilities atween the Soviet Union an Finland durin Warld War II. Signs o this time include concrete bunkers, ither fortifications an the remains o an airbase.

Ither places o interest locatit in Kirkkonummi include the medieval stane kirk in the municipal centre, the widden kirk in the veelage o Haapajärvi as well as the Hvitträsk manor designed bi three o the maist famous Finnish airchitects iver – Eliel Saarinen, Herman Gesellius an Armas Lindgren.

 References 

 Freemit airtins 

  Municipality o Kirkkonummi – offeecial wabsteid


Category:Populatit coastal places in Finland
Category:Municipalities o Uusimaa
Category:Populatit places established in the 1330s