Riihimäki
Sign in to saveRiihimäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Riihimäki
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Riihimäen rautatieasema.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Riihimäki railway station
- Settlement.image_shield
- Riihimäki.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Riihimäki sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Riihimäki in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kanta-Häme
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Riihimäki
- Settlement.leader_title
- City manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Jouni Eho
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1922
- Settlement.established_title2
- City rights
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Riihimäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about north of Helsinki and southeast of Tampere. An important railway junction is located in Riihimäki, since railway tracks from Riihimäki lead to Helsinki, Tampere and Lahti.
The town is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kanta-Häme region. Its neighboring municipalities are Janakkala in the north, Hausjärvi in the east, Hyvinkää in the south and Loppi in the west. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.