Place:Lempäälä, Häme, Finland

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NameLempäälä
Alt namesLempääläsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Lempaala
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates61.317°N 23.75°E
Located inHäme, Finland
Also located inPirkanmaa, Länsi-Suomi, Finland    
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Lempäälä (; Swedish also ) is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland with inhabitants.[1] Lempäälä is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is .

The municipality center of Lempäälä is situated on an isthmus between the lakes Vanajavesi and Pyhäjärvi which are connected by the Kuokkalankoski rapids and the canal of Lempäälä that was built during the 1870s and is still in use.

The first written account of the parish of Lempäälä is from 1430. The oldest building of the town is a medieval church named after Saint Birgitta and was built in 1504.[3] The only remaining article from medieval times in the church is a wooden crucifix carved out of birch.

Finnish novelist Yrjö Kokko lived in Lempäälä, and is buried in the graveyard.

Ideapark, the second largest shopping mall in Nordic countries, is located in Lempäälä along the Helsinki–Tampere motorway (E12).

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