Tammela
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| State : |
 Finland
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| Landscape : | Kanta-malice |
| Administrative community : | Forssa |
| Geographical location | 60 ° 48 ′ N , 23 ° 46 ′ E |
| Surface: | 715.13 km² |
| of which land area: | 640.41 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 74.72 km² |
| Residents : | 6,081 (Dec 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 9.5 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 834 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | tammela.fi |
Tammela [ ˈtɑmːɛlɑ ] is a municipality in the Finnish region of Häme with 6081 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located in the Kanta-Häme countryside, 8 kilometers east of the town of Forssa .
Villages
In addition to the community center, Tammela also includes the villages of Heinu, Hevoniemi, Hykkilä, Häiviä, Iittala, Kallio, Kankainen, Kaukjärvi, Kaukola, Keikkala, Kuuslammi, Kytö, Letku, Liesjärvi, Lunkaa, Mustiala, Ojainen, Orappjanhirsi. Porras, Riihivalkama, Saari, Sauvola, Sukula, Susikas, Taljala, Talpia, Tammela, Teuro, Torajärvi and Torro.
history
Tammela is derived from the Finnish tammi , " oak " and could refer to the foundation of the town in the middle of oak forests. The coat of arms of the municipality shows three oak leaves and two acorns. The first written mention of Tammela comes from the year 1423. Tammela calls itself the " Hakkapeliitta community" because a particularly large number of Finnish mercenaries came from Tammela during the Thirty Years' War . The neighboring town of Forssa was originally part of Tammela. But when Forssa had grown rapidly due to the industrial companies located there, it was released from Tammela in 1923 and raised to an independent market town. In 1956, the municipality of Tammela expanded again when part of the dissolved municipality of Kalvola was incorporated.
Tammela is located on the Ochsenweg , the historical trade route from Turku to Häme. Today the Ochsenweg is a tourist route. The main attraction of Tammela is the medieval stone church , which was built in the middle of the 16th century and expanded between 1781 and 1785. The parish of Tammela is a culturally and historically valuable milieu because despite some new buildings it was able to keep its historical face quite well.
Personalities
- Petter Adolf Karsten (1834–1917), mycologist, spent most of his life in Tammela
Sons and daughters
- Rabbe Enckell (1903–1974), writer, poet and painter
- Eero Laine (1926-1998), biathlete
- Antti Laaksonen (* 1973), ice hockey player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
