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{{expand Finnish|date=June 2023|topic=geo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Janakkala | official_name = {{lang|fi|Janakkalan kunta}}<br/>{{lang|sv|Janakkala kommun}} | settlement_type = Municipality | image_skyline = Church of Janakkala.JPG | image_caption = Church of Saint Lawrence in Janakkala | image_shield = Janakkala.vaakuna.svg | shield_size = 120x80px | image_map = Janakkala sijainti Suomi.svg | map_caption = Location of Janakkala in Finland |coordinates = {{coord|60|55|N|024|39|E|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Tavastia Proper]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Hämeenlinna sub-region|Hämeenlinna]] | seat = [[Turenki]] | leader_title = Municipality manager | leader_name = Reijo Siltala (– 2024) | established_title = [[Charter]] | established_date = 1866 |area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Janakkala}} |area_total_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_total_km2|Janakkala}} |area_land_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_land_km2|Janakkala}} |area_water_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|area_water_km2|Janakkala}} |area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Janakkala}} |population_as_of = {{Data Finland municipality|population_as_of|Janakkala}} |population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Janakkala}} |population_total = {{Data Finland municipality|population_total|Janakkala}} |population_density_km2 = {{Data Finland municipality|population_density_km2|Janakkala}} |population_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|population_rank|Janakkala}} |demographics_type1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type1|Janakkala}} |demographics1_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Janakkala}} |demographics1_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title1|Janakkala}} |demographics1_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info1|Janakkala}} |demographics1_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title2|Janakkala}} |demographics1_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info2|Janakkala}} |demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Janakkala}} |demographics1_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info3|Janakkala}} |demographics1_title4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title4|Janakkala}} |demographics1_info4 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_info4|Janakkala}} |demographics_type2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics_type2|Janakkala}} |demographics2_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_footnotes|Janakkala}} |demographics2_title1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title1|Janakkala}} |demographics2_info1 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info1|Janakkala}} |demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Janakkala}} |demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Janakkala}} |demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Janakkala}} |demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Janakkala}} |blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Janakkala}} |blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Janakkala}} |timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset = +02:00 |timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]] |utc_offset_DST = +03:00 | website = {{Url|https://www.janakkala.fi/en/}} }} '''Janakkala''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈjɑnɑkːɑlɑ}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. Its [[administrative centre]] is in [[Turenki]]. Janakkala is located along [[Finnish national road 3|Highway 3]] ([[European route E12|E12]]) in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Southern Finland]] and is part of the [[Tavastia Proper]] region. To the south, Janakkala shares a boundary with [[Riihimäki]], the northern neighbour being [[Hämeenlinna]]. It is {{convert|16|km}} from Turenki to Hämeenlinna, {{convert|94|km}} to [[Tampere]], and {{convert|96|km}} to [[Helsinki]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Janakkala}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count"/><!-- defined by Template:Data Finland municipality --> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Janakkala}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Janakkala}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area"/> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Janakkala|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. In Janakkala the rate of unemployment is 9.7% and the rate of municipal taxes is {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/tax rate|Janakkala}} }}%.<ref name="tax_rate"/>{{when|date=December 2024}}<!-- defined by Template:Data Finland municipality --> The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]]. == Notable sites == [[File:Janakkalankirjasto.JPG|thumb|left|Janakkala Library in [[Turenki]]]] The ''[[Puuhamaa]]'' amusement park is in Tervakoski.<ref name="häme">{{cite web | url = https://www.hameensanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/171655-puuhamaa-avataan-tanaan-vesipuisto-vasta-kesakuussa | title = Puuhamaa avataan tänään, vesipuisto vasta kesäkuussa | date = May 26, 2006 | work = Hämeen Sanomat | access-date = March 1, 2021 | language = fi | archive-date = March 16, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180316214527/https://www.hameensanomat.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/171655-puuhamaa-avataan-tanaan-vesipuisto-vasta-kesakuussa | url-status = dead }}</ref> The [[Hakoinen Castle|Hakoinen fortress]] is in Janakkala village. == Notable people == Actress [[Ida Aalberg]] was born in 1857 in Leppäkoski village in Janakkala.{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}} ==Heraldry== The [[coat of arms]] of Janakkala, a head of [[Eurasian lynx]] (''Lynx lynx''), the regional animal of Tavastia Proper, describes Janakkala's location in the heart of [[Tavastia (historical province)|Tavastia]]. An aisle line of partition is a reference to Hakoinen Castle into the mountain, and the upper two arrows encircling the cross, symbol of Christianity, the image of the [[Crusade]]s battles.<ref>{{cite book | title = Suomen kunnallisvaakunat | publisher = Suomen Kunnallisliitto | year = 1982 | isbn = 951-773-085-3 | language = fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.janakkala.fi/_index.php?f=kuntaesittely.htm | title = Kuntaesittely | publisher = Municipality of Janakkala | access-date = March 9, 2021 | language = fi | archive-date = June 26, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080626181814/http://www.janakkala.fi/_index.php?f=kuntaesittely.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> ==See also== * [[Hattula]] * [[Loppi]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} *[https://www.janakkala.fi/en/ Municipality of Janakkala] – Official website {{in lang|fi}} {{Geographic location | Centre = Janakkala | N = [[Hämeenlinna]] | E = [[Hämeenlinna]] | SE = [[Hausjärvi]] | S = [[Riihimäki]] | SW = [[Loppi]] | W = [[Hämeenlinna]] }} {{TavastiaProper}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Janakkala| ]] [[Category:Municipalities of Kanta-Häme]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1866]] [[Category:1860s establishments in Finland]] {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub}}
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