Klaukkala is a village

Village

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 in the southern part of the Nurmijärvi

Nurmijärvi

Nurmijärvi is the most populated rural municipality of Finland, located north of the capital Helsinki.The close proximity to Helsinki has led to a considerable growth of the major villages such as Klaukkala and Rajamäki, which nowadays are considered dormitory towns of Helsinki...

 municipality

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 of Finland

Finland

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, near the Valkjärvi lake.

Klaukkala is the largest of the villages in Nurmijärvi and is often mistakenly thought of as a separate city

City

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. Lepsämä

Lepsämä

Lepsämä is a village in the municipality of Nurmijärvi, Finland. There is a comprehensive school in Lepsämä. There also used to be a shop, a bank and a post office. The former prime minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen lives in Lepsämä. Lepsämä has grown in population in recent few years and in 2005...

, an area belonging to Klaukkala, is the place where the former Prime Minister of Finland

Prime Minister of Finland

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 Matti Vanhanen

Matti Vanhanen

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 currently resides.

Klaukkala has a population

Population

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 of about 15 000 and is the fastest-growing area of Nurmijärvi. Klaukkala has significant immigration

Immigration

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 mainly from the Helsinki

Helsinki

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 conurbation

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, because as a rural

Rural

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 village a half hour's drive away from the Helsinki centre, it especially attracts families with children. The distance from Klaukkala to border of Espoo

Espoo

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 and also border of Vantaa

Vantaa

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 is about 5 km and the distance to Helsinki is less than 30 km. The increased traffic

Traffic

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, resulting from the increase in population causes problems. Because of this, a highway

Highway

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 bypassing the village is being planned, and possibly also a rail traffic connection to Helsinki, probably as a continuation of the Vantaankoski rail.

Klaukkala includes many primary school

School

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s, of which the largest is Isoniitun koulu, which includes all 9 grades of the Finnish primary school system. Klaukkala also has one of the three gymnasium

Gymnasium (school)

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s of Nurmijärvi, Arkadian yhteislyseo. A possible tourism sight is the Klaukkala church, built in 2004. The village also has a wooden Orthodox

Eastern Orthodox Church

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church.