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Tammela is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Kanta-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 5,777 (31 December 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 December 2025). The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423.
Tammela | |
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Municipality | |
| Tammelan kunta Tammela kommun | |
 Stone church of Tammela | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Tammela in Finland | |
 Interactive map of Tammela | |
| Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°46′E / 60.800°N 23.767°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Kanta-Häme |
| Sub-region | Forssa |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Kalle Larsson |
| Population (2025-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 5,777 |
| • Rank | 156th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.9% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 2.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
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
editPeople born in Tammela
edit- 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
edit- 1 2 "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
- ↑ "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
total_areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ↑ "Luonnonsuojelu". Luonnonsuojelu Tammela. May 3, 2019. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
External links
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Media related to Tammela at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Tammela – Official website (in Finnish)
- Outinthenature.com – Kyynäränharju is a scenic ridge in Liesjärvi National Park
- Outinthenature.com – Torronsuo National Park, Finland’s deepest bog
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