Tammela, Finland

Tammela
Municipality
Tammelan kunta
Tammela kommun
Stone church of Tammela
Location of Tammela in Finland
Coordinates: 60°48′N 023°46′E / 60.800°N 23.767°E / 60.800; 23.767
Country Finland
RegionTavastia Proper
Sub-regionForssa
Charter1868
Government
  Municipality managerKalle Larsson
Population
 (2025-03-31)
  Total
5,816
  Rank156th largest in Finland
  Density0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Population by native language
  Finnish96.9% (official)
  Swedish0.2%
  Others2.9%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.tammela.fi

Tammela is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of 5,816 (31 March 2025) 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). The population density is 9 inhabitants per square kilometre (23/sq mi) (31 March 2025). The first mention of a village named Tammela was in documents from 1423.

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.

Tammela is also the name of a district in the city of Tampere.