Otalampi is a village in

Vihti Vihti (; sv, Vichtis) is a small municipality located in the Uusimaa region of province of Southern Finland, approximately northwest of the capital city Helsinki. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is wate ...

municipality at the intersection of the

Finnish national road 25 The Finnish national road 25 ( fi, Valtatie 25, ''Hangonväylä''; sv, Riksväg 25, ''Hangöleden'') is the main route between the major cities of Hanko and Hyvinkää in southern Finland. It runs from Tulliniemi in Hanko to the Maisala in Mänt ...

and the Vihti Road (''Vihdintie''). The population is about one thousand. Next to the village is a small lake called Otalampi, where the village got its name. In 2008, the Otalampi House (''Otalampi-talo'') was completed in the village. The building houses a

comprehensive school A comprehensive school typically describes a secondary school for pupils aged approximately 11–18, that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude, in contrast to a selective school system where admission is res ...

, a

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th cent ...

and a maternity clinic at the same time. Also, the

S-Market The S Group ( fi, S-ryhmä, sv, S-gruppen) is a Finnish retailing cooperative organisation with its head office in Helsinki. Founded in 1904, it consists of 20 regional cooperatives operating all around Finland in addition to SOK, ''Suomen Osuu ...

grocery store A grocery store ( AE), grocery shop ( BE) or simply grocery is a store that primarily retails a general range of food products, which may be fresh or packaged. In everyday U.S. usage, however, "grocery store" is a synonym for supermarket, a ...

is located near the Otalampi House along the Vihti Road.S-Market Otalampi
(in Finnish)

Notable people

* Elias Hellberg (1899–1956), engineer * E. J. Vehmas (1902–1980), critic and assistant intendant of

Ateneum Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station. It has t ...

References

External links

Otalampi
- Official Web Site Villages in Finland Vihti {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub