| Nurmijärvi is Finland's largest rural municipality in terms of population and one of the fastest growing in the Greater Helsinki area. Nurmijärvi's current population of 35,000 is expected to approach 45,000 over the next decade.
Neighboured by Espoo, Vantaa, Tuusula, Hyvinkää and Vihti, Nurmijärvi is only 30 minutes away from Helsinki, and 25 minutes from Helsinki International Airport, by motorway.
The municipality was named after Lake Nurmijärvi, although this was partially drained for farmland in the 1920s and fully dried in the early 1950s. |