Urjala

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Urjala

Total population

4,646

Founded

1868

Land area475.53 km²

Coordinates61.08°, 23.55°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Urjala is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, near the town of Forssa. The municipality has a population of 4,440 and covers an area of 505.37 square kilometres (195.12 sq mi) of which 30.16 km2 (11.64 sq mi) is water. The population density is 9.34 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.2/sq mi).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Väinö Linna

Finnish writer

P

Pentti Larvo

Finnish association football player (1906–1954)

Tuula Vilkas

Finnish speed skater

Juhani Arajärvi

Finnish politician (1867–1941)

A

Ari-Pekka Hakala

ice hockey player

V

Vappu Väre

Finnish writer

Antti Eskola

Finnish social psychologist, professor and non-fiction writer

T

Teemu Virtanen

Finnish ice hockey player

Atte Pakkanen

Finnish politician

Aukusti Uotila

Finnish painter (1858–1886)

E

Enok Furuhjelm

Evert Hokkanen

Finnish politician (1864-1918)

H

Hilda Asp

Finnish stage actress and translator (1862–1891)

J

Jouko Norén

Finnish triple jumper

K

Kasperi Ojala

Finnish association football player

Laura Härmä

Finnish politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Pirkanmaa

• Laukeela
  0.9 mi away
• Kärpänkivi
  7.1 mi away
• Käyrälä
  12.1 mi away
• Lontila
  12.3 mi away
• Pyhältö
  14.3 mi away
• Mattila
  14.5 mi away
• Kelho
  17 mi away
• Innilä
  18 mi away
• Viuha
  20 mi away
• Pyörönmaa
  21.5 mi away
• Ritvala
  21.6 mi away
• Tottijärvi
  22.9 mi away

Browse all places in Pirkanmaa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Striped Ladybird

Myzia oblongoguttata

Seen 2026-10-04

Eurasian Green Crab Spider

Diaea dorsata

Seen 2026-10-04

Trembling Crust

Merulius tremellosus

Seen 2026-10-04

wall-rue

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Seen 2026-10-04

Liverleaf

Hepatica nobilis

Seen 2026-10-04

brittle bladderfern

Cystopteris fragilis

Seen 2026-10-04

hairy curtain crust

Stereum hirsutum

Seen 2026-10-04

Mouse Moth

Amphipyra tragopoginis

Seen 2026-10-03

Brindled Ochre

Dasypolia templi

Seen 2026-09-30

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).