Tammela is a

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 ...

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 is located in 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 ...

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. The municipality has a population of () and it covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is (). The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423. Neighbouring municipalities are

Forssa Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland (Helsinki, Turku and Tampere), in the Tavastia Proper region, and which is crossed by Highway 2 ...

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 ...

Jokioinen Jokioinen ( sv, Jockis) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper regions of Finland, region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population de ...

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 ...

Lohja Lohja (; sv, Lojo) is a city and municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland. The city has a population of 47,518 (2017), and it covers an area of of which , or 8.3 percent, is water. The population density of Lohja is . The municipality is ...

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 ...

Somero Somero () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Southwest Finland region in the province of Western Finland, located northeast of Salo, east of Turku and northwest of Helsinki. The municipality has a population of () and cove ...

and

Urjala Urjala (; sv, Urjala, also ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, near the town of Forssa. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring m ...

. The municipality is unilingually

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. Two national parks, Torronsuo National Park and Liesjärvi National Park, are located in Tammela municipality. Tammela is also the name of a district in the city of

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

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 The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) was founded by Terence Meaden in 1974. Originally called the Tornado Research Organisation it was expanded in 1982 following the inclusion of the Thunderstorm Census Organisation (TCO) after the d ...

People born in Tammela

Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg (1796 – 1849) was Governor of Oulu Province, Finland, from 1833 to his death in 1849. Lagerborg was born in Tammela, Finland, Tammela. The Lagerborg family name (registered at Suomen Ritarihuone as #105) originates ...

(1796 –1849) *

Toivo Alavirta Toivo Villiam Alavirta (27 June 1890 - 23 June 1940; original surname ''Ahlström''; name as Soviet citizen ''Тойво Казимирович Алавирта'') was a Finland, Finnish journalist and politician. He was a member of the Parliamen ...

(1890 – 1940) *

Rabbe Enckell Rabbe Arnfinn Enckell (3 March 1903 – 17 June 1974) was a Finnish writer and poet. Enckell is regarded as one of the stalwarts of the Swedo-Finnish poetic revival that began in the 1920s. Enckell was born in Tammela, Tavastia Proper. ...

(1903 – 1974) * Eino Kujanpää (1904 – 1980) *

Antti Laaksonen Antti Akseli Laaksonen (born October 3, 1973) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey left winger who last played for the Lukko of the SM-Liiga. Antti had a seven-year NHL career, mostly as a third line wing and penalty killer for the Boston ...

(1972 –) * Santeri Laine (1994 – 2017) *

Elias Seppänen Elias Seppänen (born 31 October 2003) is a Finnish racing driver currently competing in the ADAC GT Masters with MANN-FILTER Team Landgraf. He previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship. Career Karting Born in T ...

(2003 –)

References

External links

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Municipality of Tammela
– Official website
Outinthenature.com – Kyynäränharju is a scenic ridge in Liesjärvi National ParkOutinthenature.com – Torronsuo National Park, Finland’s deepest bog
Populated places established in 1868 1868 establishments in Finland {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub