Hämeenkoski (; Koski Hl until 1995, see
Koski Tl
Koski Tl (; sv, Koskis) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Southwest Finland region and was part of the former province of Western Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The po ...
) is a
former municipality of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It was merged to the municipality of
Hollola
Hollola () is a municipality of Finland, located in the western part of the Päijänne Tavastia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish and has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
H ...
on 1 January 2016.
It is located in the
province
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of
Southern Finland
Southern Finland ( fi, Etelä-Suomen lääni, sv, Södra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia.
History
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and is part of the
Päijänne Tavastia region
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. The municipality had a population of (30 June 2015)
and covered an area of of which was water.
The
population density
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was . The municipality was unilingually
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
.
Lake
Pääjärvi is situated at the border between Hämeenkoski and
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; sv, Tavastehus; krl, Hämienlinna; la, Tavastum or ''Croneburgum'') is a city and municipality of about inhabitants in the heart of the historical province of Tavastia and the modern province of Kanta-Häme in the south of F ...
(formerly
Lammi
Lammi ( sv, Lammi, also ) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population ...
).
References
External links
*
Municipality of Hämeenkoski– Official website
*Hämeenkoski
Former municipalities of Finland
Populated places established in 1865
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