Hämeenlinna

city in the region of Kanta-Häme in Finland
Place town Q202158
Hämeenlinna
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Summary

Hämeenlinna is a town[1]. Hämeenlinna ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,343 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kanta-Häme[3]
  • Country: Finland[4]
  • Head of government: Olli-Poika Parviainen[5]
  • Instance of: municipality of Finland[6], city[7]
  • Official language: Finnish[8]
  • Shares border with: Asikkala[9], Akaa[10], Hattula[11], Hausjärvi[12], Hollola[13], Janakkala[14], Loppi[15], Padasjoki[16], Pälkäne[17], Tammela[18], Urjala[19], Valkeakoski[20]
  • Follows: Hauho[21], Kalvola[22], Lammi[23], Renko[24], Tuulos[25]
  • Twinned administrative body: Weimar[26], Celle[27], Bærum Municipality[28], Toruń[29], Hafnarfjörður[30], Uppsala Municipality[31], Püspökladány[32], Frederiksberg[33], Tartu[34], Lucca[35], Sumy[36]
  • Legislative body: Hämeenlinna City Council[37]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Hämeenlinna[38]
  • Postal code: 13100[39]
  • Commons category: Hämeenlinna[40]
  • Local dialing code: 03[41]
  • Inception: 1639[42]
  • Coordinate location: 60.99444444444445, 24.466666666666665[43]
  • Official website: https://www.hameenlinna.fi/[44]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hämeenlinna[45]
  • Commons gallery: Hämeenlinna[46]
  • Population: 67,804[47], 68,011[48], 5436[49], 45,980[50], 46,108[51], 46,352[52], 46,734[53], 46,909[54], 47,178[55], 47,335[56], 47,904[57], 48,414[58], 66,131[59], 66,455[60]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Hämeenlinna include 2535 Hämeenlinna[61], an asteroid[62].

Why It Matters

Hämeenlinna has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Hämeenlinna is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Entities named for Hämeenlinna include 2535 Hämeenlinna[61], an asteroid[62].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 21d ago · Miksuko · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → Тавастгус, Hämeenlinnan kaupunki, Tavastehus stads +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Official name: Tavastehus stad, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/275163|batch #275163]]"
  2. 6w ago · Juustila · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nickname → Hämpton
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nickname: Hämpton"
  3. 13w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → hameenlinnankaupunki-b3609d, hameenlinnankaupunki-4ccccf
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Osm name suggestion index id: hameenlinnankaupunki-4ccccf, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 94148, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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