Tavastia
Sign in to saveHäme, also known as Tavastia, is a historical province in the south of Finland. It borders Finland Proper, Satakunta, Ostrobothnia, Savo and Uusimaa.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Häme
- Settlement.image_shield
- Häme.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 100px
- Settlement.image_map
- Historical province of Tavastia, Finland.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 250px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Historical province of Häme in blue (borders of the modern regions in yellow)
- Settlement.image_size
- 290px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.other_name
- Tavastia
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historical province
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- Regions
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Major parts of:Kanta-HämePäijät-HämeCentral FinlandMinor parts of:North SavoSouth SavoKymenlaaksoSouthwest FinlandPirkanmaa
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- Metric
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Häme, also known as Tavastia, is a historical province in the south of Finland. It borders Finland Proper, Satakunta, Ostrobothnia, Savo and Uusimaa.
== History == thumb|The coat of arms of "Tavastia" on the tomb of Gustav Vasa (1560) is the earliest surviving image of a coat of arms. The province has been inhabited since the Stone Age. Northern Häme was for a long time a wilderness inhabited by Sami hunter-gatherers and frequented also by Finnish hunters. Only during the late Middle Ages was agriculture slowly introduced to the northern parts of the province.