Tammela is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 5,969 (31 December 2021)[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 December 2021). 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
Region	Tavastia Proper
Sub-region	Forssa sub-region
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipality manager	Kalle Larsson
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.tammela.fi

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

• 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

External links

• 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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[ru] Таммела