Masala, Kirkkonummi
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Masala is a village of 5 854 inhabitants in Kirkkonummi
municipality
. It is situated in western Uusimaa
region, southern Finland
, just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Masala railway station
, a station on the Helsinki commuter rail
network is located in Masala.
Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi is a municipality of inhabitants in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "Kirkkonummi" and "Kyrkslätt" in English is "church moor"....
municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
. It is situated in western Uusimaa
Uusimaa
Uusimaa, or Nyland in Swedish, is a region in Finland. It borders the regions Finland Proper, Tavastia Proper, Päijänne Tavastia and Kymenlaakso...
region, southern Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Masala railway station
Masala railway station
Masala or Masaby is a station on the VR commuter rail network located in the Masala district of Kirkkonummi, Finland, between the Luoma and Jorvas stations. The Masala station has two tracks, with track one serving trains towards Kirkkonummi and track two towards Helsinki. The Masala station has...
, a station on the Helsinki commuter rail
Helsinki commuter rail
Helsinki commuter rail is the commuter rail system serving Greater Helsinki, Finland. The network is operated by VR, the Finnish national railway company. Together with the Helsinki Metro and trams, the network forms the heart of Helsinki's public transportation infrastructure.Trains run above...
network is located in Masala.