Janakkala
Appearance
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 | change source]Janakkalas coat of arms has been designed by Onni Oja in 1950.
Villages
[change | change source]26 villages:
Known people
[change | change source]- 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
Other websites
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