Vammala

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Vammala

|official_name = {{lang|fi|Vammalan kaupunki}}
{{lang|sv|Vammala stad}}

|settlement_type = Former town and municipality

|image_shield = Vammala.vaakuna.svg

|image_map = Vammala.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg

|mapsize = 150px

|map_caption = Location of Vammala in Finland

|pushpin_mapsize = 150px

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Finland

|subdivision_type1 = Region

|subdivision_name1 = Pirkanmaa

|subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

|subdivision_name2 = South Western Pirkanmaa sub-region

|established_title = Charter

|established_date = 1907

|extinct_title = Consolidated

|extinct_date = 2009

|area_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2008.pdf |title= Area by municipality as of {{#time: j F Y|2008-01-01}} |access-date= {{#time: j F Y|2010-04-13}} |publisher= Land Survey of Finland |format= PDF |language= fi, sv |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110807140011/http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2008.pdf |archive-date= 2011-08-07 }}

|area_total_km2 = 876

|area_land_km2 = 803.87

|area_water_km2 = 72.13

|population_as_of = 2008-12-31

|population_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/029EEED89C84611BC22575350052CE3A/$file/081231.html |title= Population by municipality as of {{#time: j F Y|2008-12-31}} |access-date= {{#time: j F Y|2010-04-13}} |work= Population Information System |publisher= Population Register Center of Finland |language= fi, sv |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101202145510/http://vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/029EEED89C84611BC22575350052CE3A/%24file/081231.html |archive-date= 2010-12-02 }}

|population_total = 16635

|population_density_km2 = auto

|demographics1_info1 = % (official)

|demographics1_info2 = %

|demographics1_info3 = %

|demographics1_info4 = %

|demographics_type2 = Population by age

|demographics2_title1 = 0 to 14

|demographics2_info1 = 16.8%

|demographics2_title2 = 15 to 64

|demographics2_info2 = 61.6%

|demographics2_title3 = 65 or older

|demographics2_info3 = 21.6%

|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +2

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +3

|coordinates = {{coord|61|20.5|N|022|54.5|E|region:FI|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = Postal code

}}

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.

Geography

Vammala was located in the southwest Pirkanmaa region, and was part of the former (1997 to 2010) province of Western Finland.

;Demographics

The municipality had a population of 16,635 (31 December 2008) and covered a land area of {{convert|803.87|km2|sqmi}}. The population density was {{convert|20.29|PD/km2}}.

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

Image:Tyrvään Pyhän Olavin Kirkko, Sastamala.jpg, near Vammala.]]

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See also

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