Sastamala
Sastamala is a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. Its main centres are on the banks of the Kokemäenjoki River in Western Finland, some 50 km to the west of Tampere.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Olaf’s Church, Tyrvää and Vammala Railway Station.
St. Olaf’s Church, Tyrvää
Church
Photo: SpottingHistory, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Olaf's Church in Tyrvää is a late medieval fieldstone church in Tyrvää, Sastamala, Finland. It is located on the shore of lake Rautavesi. The church was built approximately in 1510–1516 and burnt down by a burglar on 21 September 1997.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vammala and Kalliala.
Vammala
Town
Photo: Hamartolos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Sastamala
- Type: Locality with 24,500 residents
- Also known as: “790”
- Location: Lounais-Pirkanmaa, Pirkanmaa, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.3406° or 61° 20′ 26″ northLongitude
22.9116° or 22° 54′ 42″ eastPopulation
24,500Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)Open location code
9GH48WR6+6MGeoNames ID
8128755
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Sastamala” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساستامالا”
- Estonian: “Sastamala linn”
- Finnish: “Sastamala”
- Russian: “Састамала”
- Swedish: “Sastamala”
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Notable Places Nearby
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