Tammela, Finland

Tammela is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Kanta-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 5,777 (31 December 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) (31 December 2025). The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423.

Country Finland

Charter1868

Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Websitewww.tammela.fi

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Tammela
Municipality
Tammelan kunta Tammela kommun
Stone church of Tammela
Coat of arms
Location of Tammela in Finland
Interactive map of Tammela
Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°46′E
Country	Finland
Region	Kanta-Häme
Sub-region	Forssa
Charter	1868
Government
• Municipality manager	Kalle Larsson
Population  (2025-12-31)[1]
• Total	5,777
• Rank	156th largest in Finland
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	96.9% (official)
• Swedish	0.3%
• Others	2.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.tammela.fi

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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.