Tammela is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality has a population of () and it covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is (). 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. Villages Hevoniemi, Hykkilä, Häiviä, Kallio, Kankainen, Kaukjärvi, Kaukola, Kuuslammi, Kytö, Letku, Liesjärvi, Lunkaa, Mustiala, Myllykylä, Ojainen, Pappila, Patamo, Pikonkorpi, Porras, Riihivalkama, Saari, Sukula, Susikas, Taljala, Talpia, Tammela, Teuro, Torajärvi, Torro. People born in Tammela Robert Wilhelm Lagerborg (1796 –1849) Toivo Alavirta (1890 – 1940) Rabbe Enckell (1903 – 1974) Eino Kujanpää (1904 – 1980) Antti Laaksonen (1972 –) Santeri Laine (1994 – 2017) Elias Seppänen (2003 –) References External links Municipality of Tammela – Official website Outinthenature.com – Kyynäränharju is a scenic ridge in Liesjärvi National Park Outinthenature.com – Torronsuo National Park, Finland’s deepest bog Populated places established in 1868 1868 establishments in Finland