Lammi
Lammi [ lɑmːi ] ( Swedish Lampis ) is a former municipality in the southern Finnish landscape Kanta-Häme . At the beginning of 2009 it was incorporated into the town of Hämeenlinna together with the communities of Hauho , Kalvola , Renko and Tuulos . The municipality had an area of 611.32 km² (of which 73.69 km² inland water). The last population was 5,530.
The first written mention of the parish of Lammi comes from the year 1374. The village's medieval stone church was built at the beginning of the 16th century. The production of Sahti , a type of Finnish house beer, has a long tradition in Lammi, so that the place is sometimes referred to as the “Sahti community”.
geography
Lammi is located in the Kanta-Häme landscape halfway between the towns of Hämeenlinna (37 km to the west) and Lahti (40 km to the east). The distance to the capital Helsinki is 120 km. In addition to the community center of the same name, the Lammi community included the villages of Arrankorpi, Hauhiala, Hietonen, Iso-Evo, Jahkola, Kataloinen, Kostila, Kuurikka, Kättärlä, Lampelto, Lieso, Montola, Mulkoila, Niipala, Oinen, Onnenvuori, Paakkola, Pakkola, Parikkala, Perinkää, Pienistö, Porraskoski, Rantonen, Riikonen, Ronni, Sankola, Syrjäntausta, Takaperä, Tanttila, Tommala, Vilkkilä, Vähä-Evo, Ylänne and Ylännäinen.
coat of arms
Coat of arms Description : In red over a silver Dreienberg a gold bebutztes Silver Five Leaf .
Sons and daughters
- Jorma Karvonen (* 1949), orienteer and ski orienteer
- Heli Rantanen (* 1970), javelin thrower and Olympic champion in 1996
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ As of 2008, source: Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office) (PDF; 247 kB)
- ↑ As of December 31, 2008. Source: Väestörekisterikeskus (Finnish population register). ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 61 ° 5 ' N , 25 ° 1' E