Vammala | |||
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— Former town and municipality — | |||
Vammalan kaupunki | |||
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Location of Vammala in Finland | |||
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Country | Finland | ||
Region | Pirkanmaa | ||
Sub-region | South Western Pirkanmaa sub-region | ||
Charter | 1907 | ||
Consolidated | 2009 | ||
Area[1] | |||
• Total | 876 km2 (338.2 sq mi) | ||
• Land | 803.87 km2 (310.4 sq mi) | ||
• Water | 72.13 km2 (27.8 sq mi) | ||
Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |||
• Total | 16,635 | ||
• Density | 20.69/km2 (53.6/sq mi) | ||
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
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.
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Vammala was located in the southwest Pirkanmaa region, and was part of the former (1997 to 2010) province of Western Finland.
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.
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