Hämeenlinna

Hameenlinna is a city and municipality of approximately sixty eight,000 inhabitants in the coronary heart of the ancient province of Hame inside the south of Finland. Hameenlinna is the oldest inland town of Finland and become one of the most critical Finnish towns till the nineteenth century. It nonetheless stays an essential local middle. Hameenlinna is the birthplace of composer Jean Sibelius. Today, it belongs to the area of Tavastia Proper, and before 2010 it changed into the house metropolis for the Governor of the province of Southern Finland. Nearby towns include the capital Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti.

The medieval Hame Castle is placed inside the city. The municipalities of Hauho, Kalvola, Lammi, Renko and Tuulos were consolidated with Hameenlinna on 1 January 2009. There changed into a agreement called Vanaja by way of the lake Vanajavesi in which the metropolis now stands because the Viking Age. The citadel was built in the overdue 13th century to cozy Swedish energy in significant Finland. A village was installed near Häme Castle to offer services and items to its inhabitants.