Kanta-Häme

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Location of Kanta-Häme in Finland

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Municipalities in Kanta-Häme

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Flag

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coat of arms

Kanta-Häme is a region in Finland. Kanta-Häme has many features that are similar to the Finnish Lakelands. Neighbouring regions are Uusimaa, Päijänne Tavastia, Pirkanmaa and Southwest Finland.

Nature

Torronsuo National Park and Liesjärvi National Park are both located in Kanta-Häme, near Tammela.

Municipalities

Cities marked bold:

• Forssa
• Hattula
• Hausjärvi
• Humppila
• Hämeenlinna
• Janakkala
• Jokioinen
• Loppi
• Riihimäki
• Tammela
• Ypäjä

Population growth

Population

Year	Population
1980	155,348
1985	157,901
1990	162,248
1995	164,937
2001	165,307
2005	168,381
2010	174,555

Traditional food

• Lammin sahti
• Mämmi

Kanta-Häme Media

• Forssan vaakuna.svg

  Coat of arms of Forssa

• Coat of arms of Jokioinen

• Tammela.vaakuna.svg

  Tammela.vaakuna

• Ypäjä.vaakuna.svg

  On right blue field of a shield parted per pale a silvery belfry of rural church, on left silvery field a red ear.

• Hattula.vaakuna.svg

  Coat of arms of Hattula

• Hämeenlinna.vaakuna.svg

  Coat of arms of Hämeenlinna

• Janakkala.vaakuna.svg

  Janakkala.vaakuna

• Hausjärvi.vaakuna.svg

  Coat of arms of Hausjärvi

• Loppi vaakuna.svg

  Coat of arms of Loppi: Party per fess wavy gules and argent, a symbol of iron counterchanged.

Other websites

• Hämeen liitto