Vihti

Vihdin kunta
Coat of Arms Location
Founded	1867
Province	Southern Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Lohja
Area - Of which land - Rank	566.88 km² 521.97 km² ranked 169th
Population - Density - Change - Rank	26,427 (2006) 50.6 inh./km² + 2.4% ranked 37th
Urbanisation	69.6%
Unemployment	7.0%
Official languages	Finnish
Municipal manager	Petri Härkönen
Home page	http://www.vihti.fi/

Vihti (IPA: /ˈʋihti/), or Vichtis in Swedish, is a small municipality located in the Uusimaa region of province of Southern Finland, approximately 50 km northwest of the capital city Helsinki. Its seat is Nummela. The population of Vihti is 26,427 (2006-12-31) and the town covers an area of 566.88 km² of which 44.91 km² is water. The population density is 50.63 inhabitants per km².

History

The oldest literal mark of Vihti is from the 15th century.

Friendship cities

• Fukui Prefecture, Japan (since 1980)

External links

• Vihti - Official website

	Municipalities of Uusimaa
	Ekenäs | Espoo | Hanko | Helsinki | Hyvinkää | Ingå | Järvenpää | Karis | Karjalohja | Karkkila | Kauniainen | Kerava | Kirkkonummi | Lohja | Mäntsälä | Nummi-Pusula | Nurmijärvi | Pohja | Pornainen | Sammatti | Siuntio | Tuusula | Vantaa | Vihti
	Uusimaa Region | Southern Finland | Finland

Coordinates: 60°25′00″N, 24°19′10″E

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