Tammela, Finland

Tammela
Municipality
Tammelan kunta
Tammela kommun
Stone church of Tammela
Stone church of Tammela
Coat of arms of Tammela
Coat of arms
Location of Tammela in Finland
Location of Tammela in Finland
Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°46′E / 60.800°N 23.767°E / 60.800; 23.767
Country Finland
RegionTavastia Proper
Sub-regionForssa
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipality managerKalle Larsson
Population
 (2025-03-31)[1]
 • Total
5,816
 • Rank156th largest in Finland
 • Density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
 • 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 5,816 (31 March 2025)[1] 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).[3] The population density is 9 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) (31 March 2025). 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.[4]

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

  1. 1 2 "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  2. ↑ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Luonnonsuojelu". Luonnonsuojelu Tammela. May 3, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
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