File:Vammala,_Onkiniemenkatu.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Sastamala
Sign in to saveSastamala () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. Sastamala lies on both sides of River Kokemäenjoki in the southwest corner of Pirkanmaa. The population of Sastamala is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sastamala
- Settlement.nickname
- Book Capital of Finland
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vammala, Onkiniemenkatu.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Onkiniemenkatu in Vammala, an administrative centre of Sastamala.
- Settlement.image_shield
- Karkku.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Sastamala sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Sastamala in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pirkanmaa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- South Western Pirkanmaa
- Settlement.seat
- Vammala
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Sastamalan kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- South Western Pirkanmaa
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 23515
- Area
- 102.62
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Vesilahti
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- sastamala.fi
- Image
- Tornihuvila Sastamalan seudun museo.jpg
Show 14 more facts
- Commons category
- Sastamala
- topic's main category
- Category:Sastamala
- inception
- 2009-01-01
- replaces
- Äetsä
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Sastamala
- native label
- Sastamala
- postal code
- 38210
- twinned administrative body
- Vásárosnamény
- nickname
- Suomen kirjapääkaupunki
- associated electoral district
- Pirkanmaa
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- South Western Pirkanmaa
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=790
- P12749
- Cuxhaven district
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
Sources (12)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Heraldry
- History
- Geography
- Economy
- Culture
- Sights and happenings
- Sports
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- See also
- Sources
- Literature
- References
- External links
Sastamala () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. Sastamala lies on both sides of River Kokemäenjoki in the southwest corner of Pirkanmaa. The population of Sastamala is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Sastamala has an area of of which is water, making it the largest municipality in the Pirkanmaa region in terms of area. The population density is . The municipality is officially unilingual in Finnish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sastamala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (5)
On the map
2 mapped locations