Ypäjä is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
located in the countryside of South-Western
Finland
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. It belongs to the
province
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of
Southern Finland and the
region
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of
Tavastia Proper. The municipality has a population of
()
and covers an area of of
which
is water.
The
population density
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is
. The municipality is unilingually
Finnish.
The main population centre of Ypäjä is a small village situated on the river
Loimijoki, between the towns of
Forssa
Forssa is a Cities of Finland, town and municipalities of Finland, 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 Prop ...
(23 km to the east from Ypäjä) and
Loimaa (15 km to the west). Although officially part of the Forssa region, Ypäjä is often also considered to belong to the Loimaa region as it has traditionally been influenced by both towns. Besides Loimaa, its direct neighbours are
Jokioinen,
Humppila,
Somero and
Koski Tl.
The distances from Ypäjä to the three major cities in southern Finland are relatively short: to
Turku
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, to
Tampere
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, and to the capital
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
.
Ypäjä is probably best known for
horse
The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae and is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 mi ...
s; the municipality e.g. has an Equine College and hosts an annual international
riding competition called
Finnderby.
Ypäjä's coat of arms is designed by
Aukusti Tuhka.
References
External links
Municipality of Ypäjä– Official website
Ypäjä Equine College
Municipalities of Kanta-Häme
Populated places established in 1876
1876 establishments in Finland
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