Tavastia Proper
Kanta-Häme, sometimes referred to as Tavastia Proper, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, Päijät-Häme, and Uusimaa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Top destinations include Hämeenlinna and Riihimäki.
Hämeenlinna
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Hämeenlinna is a city in Tavastia Proper, Southern Finland. Hämeenlinna is the oldest inland city of Finland, and was one of the most important Finnish cities until the 19th century.
Riihimäki
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Riihimäki is in Tavastia Proper, about 70 km north of Helsinki. An industrial town of about 29,000 inhabitants, Riihimäki is an important railway junction.
Forssa
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Forssa is a town of 18,000 inhabitants in Tavastia Proper. The municipality of Tammela, just east of Forssa, and the former municipality of Koijärvi, in the northern part of Forssa, are also handled in this article.
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Janakkala
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Janakkala is a municipality of Finland. Its administrative centre is in Turenki. Janakkala is located along Highway 3 in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kanta-Häme region.
Ypäjä
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Ypäjä is a municipality located in the countryside of south-western Finland. It belongs to the region of Kanta-Häme. The municipality has a population of 2,185 and covers an area of 183.25 square kilometres of which 0.5 km2 is water.
Loppi
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Loppi is a municipality in Tavastia Proper. In 2023, it was home to about 7,700 people. The Luutaharjun Samo hiking trail passes through the Komio nature reserve, which is in the area. There are more than 100 km of marked outdoor trails in Loppi.
Humppila
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Humppila is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Kanta-Häme region. The municipality has a population of 2,084, which make it the smallest municipality in Kanta-Häme in terms of population.
Jokioinen
Jokioinen is in Tavastia Proper. With a population of approximately 5,000 in 2021, the municipality's history can be traced back to the 16th century when the Jokioinen estate was established.
Hausjärvi
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Hausjärvi is a municipality in Tavastia Proper. The central town is Oitti. The other significant settlements are Hikiä and Ryttylä.
Tavastia Proper
- Type: region of Finland with 171,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Egentliga Tavastland”, “Häme Proper”, “Kanta-Haeme”, “Kanta-Häme”, and “Kanta-Häme Region”
- Neighbors: Finland Proper, Päijänne Tavastia, Pirkanmaa, and Uusimaa
- Location: Southern Finland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Tavastia Proper” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Tavastia Proper”
- Arabic: “كانتا هامي”
- Armenian: “Կանտա-Խյամե”
- Asturian: “Tavastia Propia”
- Azerbaijani: “Hyame vilayəti”
- Azerbaijani: “Kanta-Hyame”
- Azerbaijani: “Tavastiya mülkü”
- Balinese: “Kanta-Häme”
- Basque: “Jatorrizko Tavastia”
- Belarusian: “Канта-Хяме”
- Bengali: “কান্তা-হ্যামে”
- Bosnian: “Prava Tavastija”
- Catalan: “Tavastia Pròpia”
- Catalan: “Tavàstia Pròpia”
- Cebuano: “Häme”
- Chinese: “Kanta-Häme Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “坎塔海梅”
- Chinese: “坎塔海梅区”
- Chinese: “坎塔海梅區”
- Czech: “Kanta-Häme”
- Danish: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Danish: “Kanta-Häme”
- Dutch: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Dutch: “Kanta-Häme”
- Esperanto: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Esperanto: “Kanta-Häme”
- Esperanto: “Origina Tavastio”
- Estonian: “Kanta-Häme maakond”
- Estonian: “Kanta-Häme”
- Finnish: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Finnish: “Häme”
- Finnish: “Hämeen maakunta”
- Finnish: “Kanta-Häme”
- Finnish: “Kanta-Hämeen maakunta”
- French: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- French: “Kanta-Häme”
- Galician: “Tavastia Propia”
- Georgian: “კანტა-ჰიამე”
- German: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- German: “Kanta-Häme”
- Greek: “Ταβάστια Πρόπερ”
- Gujarati: “તવાસ્તિયા પ્રોપર”
- Hebrew: “קאנטה-המה”
- Hindi: “तवास्टिया प्रॉपर”
- Icelandic: “Kanta-Häme”
- Inari Sami: “Kanta-Häme eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Kanta-Häme eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Indonesian: “Häme Sejati”
- Indonesian: “Kanta-Häme”
- Indonesian: “Tavastia Proper”
- Indonesian: “Tavastia Sejati”
- Irish: “Bun na Tabhastlainne”
- Italian: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Italian: “Kanta-Häme”
- Japanese: “カンタ＝ハメ県”
- Kannada: “ತವಾಸ್ಟಿಯಾ ಸರಿಯಾದ”
- Komi-Permyak: “Канта Хяме”
- Korean: “칸타해메 지역”
- Korean: “칸타헤메 지역”
- Kotava: “SuomiaKantaHämeGola”
- Latvian: “Kantaheme”
- Lithuanian: “Vidurio Hemė”
- Lombard: “Kanta-Häme”
- Malay: “Tavastia Proper”
- Manx: “Kanta-Häme”
- Marathi: “तवस्त्रिया प्रॉपर”
- Mazanderani: “اصلی تاواستیا ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kanta-Häme Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Kanta-Häme”
- Northern Sami: “Kanta-Häme eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Norwegian: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Norwegian: “Tavastland”
- Persian: “تاواستیای اصلی”
- Polish: “Kanta-Häme”
- Portuguese: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Portuguese: “Kanta-Häme”
- Portuguese: “Taváscia Própria”
- Portuguese: “Tavastia Própria”
- Romanian: “Kanta - Häme”
- Romanian: “Kanta-Häme”
- Russian: “Канта-Хяме”
- Russian: “Хяме”
- Scots: “Tavastie Proper”
- Serbian: “Uža Tavastija”
- Serbian: “Ужа Тавастија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Prava Tavastija”
- Sinhala: “ටවස්ටියා ප්රොපර්”
- Skolt Sami: “Kanta-Häme mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Kanta-Häme”
- Slovak: “Kanta-Häme”
- Slovenian: “Kanta-Häme”
- Spanish: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Spanish: “Kanta-Häme”
- Spanish: “Región de Tavastia Propia”
- Spanish: “Tavastia Propia”
- Swedish: “Egentliga Tavastland”
- Swedish: “Kanta-Häme”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Egentliga Tavastland”
- Swedish: “Tavastland”
- Tajik: “Конто-Ҳоме”
- Tamil: “தவஸ்தியா ப்ரோபெர்”
- Tatar: “Канта-Һәме”
- Telugu: “టవాస్టియా ప్రాపర్”
- Thai: “ทาวาสเทีย โพรเพอ”
- Turkish: “Kanta-Häme”
- Turkish: “Tavastia Proper”
- Ukrainian: “Канта-Гяме”
- Ukrainian: “Канта-Хяме”
- Urdu: “تاواستیا پروپر”
- Urdu: “کانتا-ہامے”
- Vietnamese: “Kanta-Häme”
- Vietnamese: “Tavastia Proper”
- Western Panjabi: “تواستیا خاص”
- Wu Chinese: “坎塔海梅区”
- Yue Chinese: “坎塔海梅”
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