Humppila

Humppila is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 2,086 (31 March 2025),^[2] which make it the smallest municipality in Tavastia Proper in terms of population. It covers an area of 148.61 square kilometres (57.38 sq mi) of which 0.65 km² (0.25 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 14.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (37/sq mi).

Humppila
Municipality
Humppilan kunta Humppila kommun
The Humppila church
Coat of arms
Location of Humppila in Finland
Coordinates: 60°55.5′N 023°22′E
Country	Finland
Region	Tavastia Proper
Sub-region	Forssa
Charter	1873
Government
• Municipal manager	Minna Ylikännö
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	148.61 km2 (57.38 sq mi)
• Land	147.96 km2 (57.13 sq mi)
• Water	0.65 km2 (0.25 sq mi)
• Rank	277th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-03-31)[2]
• Total	2,086
• Rank	251st largest in Finland
• Density	14.1/km2 (37/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	97.1% (official)
• Others	2.9%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	14.4%
• 15 to 64	56.1%
• 65 or older	29.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.humppila.fi/english/

Illustration of woods in Humppila in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.

The municipality owes the essence of its development to the arrival of the Turku–Toijala railway in 1876. Today, Humppila remains a stop for trains using this line and the once closed railway station has been reopened for passengers. From 1898 until 1974, Humppila was the starting point of the narrow gauge Jokioinen Railway, a 22-kilometre (14 mi) line to the town of Forssa. Today the remaining 15 kilometres (9 mi) of this line make the Jokioinen Museum Railway. There are two significant traffic highways through Humppila municipality: Highway 2 (between Vihti and Pori) and Highway 9 (between Turku and Tampere).

Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Jokioinen, Ypäjä, Loimaa, Punkalaidun, and Urjala. The municipality of Humppila is unilingually Finnish.

Villages

Vitikka, Huhtaa, Humppila, Koivisto, Murto, Taipale, Venäjä, and Myllynkulma

Economy

Major employers in Humppila are the Humppila municipality, Kenkämaailma (shoe retail), Humppilan Osuuspankki (banking), Iittala Group Humppila Glassworks, and Maviteknik Oy (engineering). Employment structure by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Agriculture and forestry economics 16.3%, industry 22.0%, services 58.5%, unknown 3.2%.

Transport

Humppila is served by Onnibus route Helsinki—Pori.

Notable individuals

• Risto Jalo, ice hockey player^{[citation needed]}
• Waldemar Bergroth, politician^{[citation needed]}
• Heljä Liukko-Sundström, ceramicist kept her studio, Ateljé Heljä in Humppila^[4][5]