Tammela, Finland
Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Tammela is a municipality of Finland. The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423.
It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and it covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is inland water (Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/total area).[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number] (Error: Invalid time.).
Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Hämeenlinna, Jokioinen, Karkkila, Lohja, Loppi, Somero and Urjala.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Two national parks, Torronsuo National Park and Liesjärvi National Park, are located in Tammela municipality.[3]
Tammela is also the name of a district in the city of Tampere.
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.
People born in Tammela
- Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg (1796 –1849)
- Toivo Alavirta (1890 – 1940)
- Rabbe Enckell (1903 – 1974)
- Eino Kujanpää (1904 – 1980)
- Antti Laaksonen (1972 –)
- Santeri Laine (1994-2017)
References
External links
Media related to Tammela at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Tammela – Official website (in Finnish)
- Outinthenature.com – Kyynäränharju is a scenic ridge in Liesjärvi National Park
- Outinthenature.com – Torronsuo National Park, Finland’s deepest bog
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