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Encyclopedia > Tammela

Tammela is a municipality of Finland. The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ... Events July 31 - Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. ...


It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 6,448 (2004) and covers an area of 715.60 km² of which 73,90 km² is water. The population density is 10.0 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Southern Finland is a province of Finland. ... Tavastia Proper is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...


The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


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Johan Mattson was born on 9 Jun 1817 in Finland, Tammela, Häiviö Skratari.
Sigfrid Johanson was born on 11 Jun 1781 in Finland, Tammela, Teurois Nopala.
Johan Ericson Kölli was born on 23 Jun 1749 in Finland, Tammela, Nyby Kölli.
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