Tammela, Finland

Tammela is a municipality of Finland. The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423.

Tammela
Municipality
Tammelan kunta
Tammela kommun
Stone church of Tammela
Coat of arms
Location of Tammela in Finland
Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°46′E
Country Finland
RegionTavastia Proper
Sub-regionForssa sub-region
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipality managerKalle Larsson
 • Density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.tammela.fi

It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 6,057 (31 July 2020)[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).[2] The population density is 9 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) (31 July 2020).

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.[3]

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

References
  3. "Luonnonsuojelu". Luonnonsuojelu Tammela. May 3, 2019. Retrieved May 3, 2019.


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