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
RegionKanta-Häme
Sub-regionForssa
Charter1868
Government
 • Municipality managerKalle Larsson
Population
 (2025-06-30)
 • Total
5,810
 • 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 Kanta-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 5,810 (30 June 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) (30 June 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.