Vihti

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Vihti

Total population

29,193

Founded

1507

Land area522.02 km²

Coordinates60.42°, 24.32°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vihti is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Vihti is situated in the Uusimaa region. The population of Vihti is approximately 29,000. It is the 37th most populous municipality in Finland. Vihti is part of the Helsinki metropolitan area, which has approximately 1.62 million inhabitants.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Jani Sievinen

Finnish swimmer

Edvard Hjelt

Finnish chemist and politician (1855-1921)

Janne Korpi

Finland snowboarder

Teodor Koskenniemi

Finnish long distance runner (1887-1965)

Uma Aaltonen

Finnish author, journalist, and Green League politician (1940-2009)

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Kauko Kauppinen

Finnish basketball player (born 1940)

Axel Brusewitz

Swedish politician

Lillemor Mannerheim

Swedish ceramicist (1927-1994)

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Pentti Hiidenheimo

Finnish politician

Väinö Palojärvi

Finnish military personnel

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Kustaa Urkio

Finnish poet

Jaakko Enäjärvi

Finnish judge (1906–1980)

Artturi Hiidenheimo

Finnish politician (1877-1956)

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Hjalmar Väre

Finnish racing cyclist (1892-1952)

Veikko Helle

Finnish politician (1911–2005)

Tommi Vesala

Finnish footballer

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

Nearby places in Uusimaa

• Röykkä
  12.2 mi away
• Pippuri
  24.9 mi away
• Mo i Rana
  513.9 mi away · pop. 18,739
• Jelovice
  1113.7 mi away · pop. 17
• Vodice
  1113.8 mi away · pop. 16
• Dane
  1114.9 mi away · pop. 9
• Rašpor
  1116.3 mi away · pop. 3
• Klenovšćak
  1116.6 mi away · pop. 6
• Kropinjak
  1116.9 mi away · pop. 4
• Račja Vas
  1116.9 mi away · pop. 25
• Prapoće
  1117.4 mi away · pop. 28
• Lanišće
  1117.8 mi away · pop. 88

Browse all places in Uusimaa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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