Vanaja
Vanaja is a former municipality of Finland. It was located in Häme Province about 100 kilometres north of Helsinki. It is also speculated that it might have been the name for an Iron Age and early Middle Ages settlement found opposite to the Häme Castle.
- Type: Locality
- Description: former municipality of Finland, now mostly part of Hämeenlinna
- Also known as: “Vana”, “Vanå”, “Vanajan kunta”, “Våno”, and “Воно”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Vanajanlinna.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hämeenlinna and Hakumäki.
Vanaja
- Categories: municipality of Finland and former municipality of Finland
- Location: Central Finland, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61° north
Longitude
24.5833° or 24° 35′ east
Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)
Open location code
9GH62H2M+28
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ume Sami—“Vanaja” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فانايا”
- Catalan: “Vanaja”
- Chinese: “瓦納亞”
- Chinese: “瓦纳亚”
- Danish: “Vånå”
- Estonian: “Vanaja vald”
- Finnish: “Vanaja”
- French: “Vanaja”
- German: “Vanaja”
- Icelandic: “Vånå”
- Inari Sami: “Vanaja”
- Irish: “Vanaja”
- Japanese: “ヴァナハ”
- Northern Sami: “Vanaja”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vånå”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vånå”
- Norwegian: “Vånå”
- Russian: “Ваная”
- Skolt Sami: “Vanaja”
- Spanish: “Vanaja”
- Swedish: “Vånå”
- Ume Sami: “Vanaja”
- “Vanaja”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mäskälä and Koivumäki.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ruskeankivenmäki and Nautalammi.
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