Vammala

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Former town and municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Vammala in Finland

Coordinates: 61°20.5′N 022°54.5′E / 61.3417°N 22.9083°E / 61.3417; 22.9083CountryFinlandRegionPirkanmaaSub-regionSouth Western Pirkanmaa sub-regionCharter1907Consolidated2009Area

^[1]

• Total876 km² (338 sq mi) • Land803.87 km² (310.38 sq mi) • Water72.13 km² (27.85 sq mi)Population

(2008-12-31)^[2]

• Total16,635 • Density19/km² (49/sq mi)Population by age

• 0 to 1416.8% • 15 to 6461.6% • 65 or older21.6%Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

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 13 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b "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 13 April 2010.