Tammela, Finland

Tammela is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 5,810 (30 June 2025)^[1] and it covers an area of 715.15 square kilometres (276.12 sq mi) of which 74.72 square kilometres (28.85 sq mi) is inland water (2018-01-01).^[3] The population density is 9 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) (30 June 2025). The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423.

Tammela
Municipality
Tammelan kunta Tammela kommun
Stone church of Tammela
Coat of arms
Location of Tammela in Finland
Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°46′E
Country	Finland
Region	Tavastia Proper
Sub-region	Forssa
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipality manager	Kalle Larsson
Population  (2025-06-30)[1]
• Total	5,810
• Rank	156th largest in Finland
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	96.9% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	2.9%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.tammela.fi

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.^[4]

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)
• Elias Seppänen (2003 –)