Pilpala is a village in the

Loppi Loppi (; Swedish also ) is a municipality in Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region, located about 50 kilometers (about 30 miles) south of the city of Hämeenlinna. Loppi was founded ...

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

Tavastia Proper Tavastia or Tavastland may refer to: * Häme (Swedish: ''Tavastland'', Latin: ''Tavastia'') * Tavastia (historical province), a historical province of the kingdom of Sweden, located in modern-day Finland * Tavastia (constituency), formerly Tavas ...

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. It is located in the southern part of the municipality, near the border of

Karkkila Karkkila (; sv, Högfors) is a town and a municipality of Finland. Neighboring municipalities are Lohja, Loppi, Tammela and Vihti. Geography Karkkila is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of () and it covers an ar ...

town. It is less than 15 kilometers from the village to the church village of Loppi, Karkkila and the

Läyliäinen Läyliäinen () is a village in the southern part of the Loppi municipality in Tavastia Proper, Finland. The village's population is less than 900. The village is crossed by the Finnish regional road 132 (Mt 132) that runs between the Loppi churc ...

village to the east.Sirpa Palokari: Menneen ja olevan poluilla
(in Finnish) In the early 2010s, the population of the village was 200–300 inhabitants. In the vicinity of Hyrrynmäki in Pilpala is the largest

spring Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season) Spring, also known as springtime, is one of the four temperate seasons, succeeding winter and preceding summer. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of ...

in Southern Finland, the two-hectare Hyrry Spring (''Hyrryn lähde'').

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* Suorsa, Salli (toim.): Kolmen kylän kirja. Elämää Pilpalan, Hunsalan ja Tevännön kylissä menneistä ajoista nykypäivään. Pilpalan kylät, 2005. . Loppi Villages in Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub