Tammela, Finland

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Municipality in Tavastia Proper, Finland

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Location of Tammela in Finland

Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°46′E / 60.800°N 23.767°E / 60.800; 23.767Country

FinlandRegionTavastia ProperSub-regionForssa sub-regionCharter1868Government

• Municipality managerKalle LarssonPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,844 • Density0/km² (0/sq mi)Population by native language

^[4]

• Finnish96.9% (official) • Swedish0.2% • Others2.9%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.tammela.fi

Tammela is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 5,844 (31 December 2023)^[2] and it covers an area of 715.15 square kilometres (276.12 sq mi) of which 74.72 square kilometres (28.85 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01).^[1] The population density is 9 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) (31 December 2023). The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423.

Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Hämeenlinna, Jokioinen, Karkkila, Lohja, Loppi, Somero and Urjala. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Two national parks, Torronsuo National Park and Liesjärvi National Park, are located in Tammela municipality.^[7]

Tammela is also the name of a district in the city of Tampere.

Villages

Hevoniemi, Hykkilä, Häiviä, Kallio, Kankainen, Kaukjärvi, Kaukola, Kuuslammi, Kytö, Letku, Liesjärvi, Lunkaa, Mustiala, Myllykylä, Ojainen, Pappila, Patamo, Pikonkorpi, Porras, Riihivalkama, Saari, Sukula, Susikas, Taljala, Talpia, Tammela, Teuro, Torajärvi, Torro.

People born in Tammela

Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg (1796 –1849)
Toivo Alavirta (1890 – 1940)
Rabbe Enckell (1903 – 1974)
Eino Kujanpää (1904 – 1980)
Antti Laaksonen (1972 –)
Santeri Laine (1994 – 2017)
Elias Seppänen (2003 –)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Key figures on population by region, 1990-2022". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Luonnonsuojelu". Luonnonsuojelu Tammela. May 3, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.