Vammala

Vammala
Former town and municipality
Vammalan kaupunki
Coat of arms
Location of Vammala in Finland
Coordinates: 61°20.5′N 022°54.5′E / 61.3417°N 22.9083°ECoordinates: 61°20.5′N 022°54.5′E / 61.3417°N 22.9083°E
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	South Western Pirkanmaa sub-region
Charter	1907
Consolidated	2009
Area[1]
• Total	876 km^2 (338 sq mi)
• Land	803.87 km^2 (310.38 sq mi)
• Water	72.13 km^2 (27.85 sq mi)
Population (2008-12-31)[2]
• Total	16,635
• Density	20.69/km^2 (53.6/sq mi)
Population by age
• 0 to 14	16.8%
• 15 to 64	61.6%
• 65 or older	21.6%
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)

Vammala is a former town and municipality of southwestern Finland, chartered in 1907.

On 1 January 2009 Vammala was consolidated with the municipalities of Mouhijärvi and Äetsä, to form a new city named Sastamala.

Geography

Vammala was located in the southwest Pirkanmaa region, and was part of the former (1997 to 2010) province of Western Finland.

Demographics

The municipality had a population of 16,635 (31 December 2008)^[2] and covered a land area of 803.87 square kilometres (310.38 sq mi).^[1] The population density was 20.29 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.6/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää, near Vammala.

See also

• St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
2. "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 13 April 2010.

External links

• Official Vammala website