Renko 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 consolidated with
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 ...
on 2009-01-01.
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
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 Tavasti ...
region
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. The municipality had a population of 2,378 (30 November 2008)
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and covered an area of of which is water. The
population density
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is .
The municipality is 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 ...
. The municipality has previously also been known as "Rengo" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Renko" also in Swedish.
Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet
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Former municipalities of Finland
Hämeenlinna
Populated places disestablished in 2009