Riihimäki

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.

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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Encyclopedic overview

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History
Sports
Notable individuals
Athletes
Politicians
The arts
Other
Twin towns – sister cities
References
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Riihimäki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.