Herunen

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Herunen

Total population

552

Land area1.19 km²

Coordinates60.57°, 24.76°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Herunen is a village in the northern part of the Nurmijärvi municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. At the end of 2011, there were 535 inhabitants in this small urban area, which crossed the municipal border between Nurmijärvi and Hyvinkää, of which 531 lived in Nurmijärvi and 4 in Hyvinkää. Herunen is located on Lohjanharju, about 50 meters above sea level. From Herunen to the northeast towards Hyvinkää, the old Helsinki–Hämeenlinna highway and the current regional road 130, will meet. By the south, towards neighbouring village Rajamäki, you will meet Highway 25, along which you can get to Hanko and Hyvinkää.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

T

Tea Vikstedt-Nyman

Finnish racing cyclist

J

Jani Sullanmaa

Finnish male curler

Sanna Valkonen

association football player

Lauri Tukonen

Finnish ice hockey player

K

Kalle Kiiskinen

Finnish male curler

T

Teemu Salo

Finnish curler

W

Wille Mäkelä

Finnish male curler

Sami Helenius

ice hockey player

P

Peetu Piiroinen

Finnish snowboarder

P

Petja Piiroinen

Finnish snowboarder

M

Miikka Jäske

Finnish ice hockey player

Marko Leino

Finnish author and screenwriter

Topi Koistinen

Finnish pesäpallo player

Diandra

Finnish singer

Sauli Koskinen

Finnish television host

Jari Sailio

Finnish ice hockey player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Uusimaa

• Röykkä
  6.9 mi away
• Pippuri
  37.6 mi away
• Jelovice
  1129.9 mi away · pop. 17
• Vodice
  1130 mi away · pop. 16
• Dane
  1131 mi away · pop. 9
• Rašpor
  1132.4 mi away · pop. 3
• Klenovšćak
  1132.8 mi away · pop. 6
• Kropinjak
  1133.1 mi away · pop. 4
• Račja Vas
  1133.1 mi away · pop. 25
• Podgaće
  1134 mi away · pop. 52
• Krbavčići
  1134.3 mi away · pop. 58
• Perci
  1134.3 mi away · pop. 52

Browse all places in Uusimaa →

Recently spotted species

Eurasian Red Squirrel

Sciurus vulgaris

Seen 2026-09-25

Fieldfare

Turdus pilaris

Seen 2026-09-23

Tachinus subterraneus

Tachinus subterraneus

Seen 2026-09-22

Peltis ferruginea

Peltis ferruginea

Seen 2026-09-22

northern fruit bug

Carpocoris fuscispinus

Seen 2026-09-22

Small Tortoiseshell

Aglais urticae

Seen 2026-09-21

Brindled Ochre

Dasypolia templi

Seen 2026-09-20

common puffball

Lycoperdon perlatum

Seen 2026-09-20

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-20

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).