Kirkkonummi travel guide

Kirkkonummi (ˈkirkkoˌnummi, or Kyrkslätt (tɕyrkslɛt in Swedish), is a municipality of 34,389 inhabitants (2006-12-31) in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "Kirkkonummi" and "Kyrkslätt" in English is "church on the moor".
The municipality is located just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, bordering the municipality of Espoo in the east. Other neighbouring municipalities are Vihti and Siuntio. The distance from the municipal centre to central Helsinki is some 30 kilometres. Kirkkonummi also has excellent train and bus connections to other parts of the Greater Helsinki area, and many of its inhabitants commute daily to Helsinki.
The municipality covers an area of 393.30 km² (excluding sea) of which 28.29 km² is inland water. The population density is 89.78 inhabitants per km². Over the recent years, Kirkkonummi has faced the highest population growth rate in the country, over 3% per annum.
Major population centres in Kirkkonummi include the municipal centre, Masala, Veikkola, Kantvik and the Upinniemi naval garrison area. In addition to these, there are dozens of smaller villages. Geographically, Kirkkonummi has two famous peninsulas, namely Porkkala and Upinniemi, the latter one of which houses a major Finnish naval base. Porkkala is also on one of the main bird migration routes in the Baltic Sea region. Additionally, Kirkkonummi has a large central plains area, through which a railway goes from Helsinki to Turku as well as extensive lake areas, much of which are quite untouched wilderness. (...) more....

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