Kalvola

Location of Kalvola in Finland

Kalvola is a former municipality of Finland. Its seat was in Iittala. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 3,449 (2003) and covered an area of 338.81 km² of which 38.75 km² is water. The population density was 10.2 inhabitants per km². Kalvola is best known for its Iittala glass factory.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

A central element of the landscape in Kalvola is lake Vanajavesi near which many of the oldest settlements in the area are concentrated.

NHLer Hannu Toivonen was born here.

External links

Media related to Kalvola at Wikimedia Commons

Municipalities of Tavastia Proper

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

Former municipalities	Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta Hauho Kalvola Koijärvi Lammi Renko Tuulos Tyrväntö Vanaja

Tavastia Proper Finland

Coordinates: 61°05′30″N 24°08′05″E / 61.09167°N 24.13472°E / 61.09167; 24.13472

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