Janakkala
municipality in the region of Kanta-Häme, Finland
Janakkala is a municipality in Finland. 16,881 people lived there in 2013. Population centers: Turenki, Tervakoski, Leppäkoski and a village called Tarinmaa.
Neighbour municipalities, in south: Hausjärvi, Loppi and Riihimäki. Hämeenlinna is on the north.
It was founded in 1866.
Coat of arms change
Janakkalas coat of arms has been designed by Onni Oja in 1950.
Villages change
26 villages:
Known people change
- Tuomas Kyrö, writer
- Ida Aalberg, actor
- Olavi Borg, professor
- Laiska Leppone, rap-musician
- Reko Lundán, writer
- Timo Mäenpää, musician
- Kustaa Paturi, poetry and agonist
- A. P. Sarjanto, songwriter
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