Hauho

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Former municipality in Tavastia Proper, Finland

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Location of Hauho in Finland

Coordinates: 61°10′20″N 024°33′45″E / 61.17222°N 24.56250°E / 61.17222; 24.56250CountryFinlandRegionTavastia ProperSub-regionHämeenlinna sub-regionCharter1868Consolidated2009Area

^[1]

• Total443.37 km² (171.19 sq mi) • Land354.53 km² (136.88 sq mi) • Water88.84 km² (34.30 sq mi)Population

(2008-12-31)^[2]

• Total3,934 • Density8.9/km² (23/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Hauho is a former municipality of Finland. It was situated in the province of Southern Finland and is today a part of the region of Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme / Egentliga Tavastland).

Hauho was amalgamated with the municipality of Hämeenlinna on 1 January 2009. Prior to the amalgamation, Hauho – which was unilingually Finnish – had had a population of 3,934 (31 December 2008)^[3] and covered an area of 443.13 square kilometres (171.09 sq mi) of which 86.42 square kilometres (33.37 sq mi) was water.^[1] The population density was 11.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (29/sq mi).

It has been calculated that Hauho lies at Finland's "population-centre" (Weber point), that is to say: the point in Finland closest on average to the place of residence of every inhabitant of the country.

Lakes Iso-Roine, Hauhonselkä, and Ilmoilanselkä are located in Hauho.

References

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-07. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
^ Population Register Center of Finland Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine