Humppila

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File:En skogstrakt i Humppila kapell - Adolf Lindeström - Finland framställdt i teckningar - 96.jpg

Illustration of woods in Humppila in Finland framstäldt i teckningar edited by Zacharias Topelius and published 1845-1852.

Humppila is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Kanta-Häme region. The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }}),<ref name="population_count"/> which make it the smallest municipality in Kanta-Häme in terms of population. It covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area"/> The population density is Template:Convert.

The municipality owes the essence of its development to the arrival of the Turku–Toijala railway in 1876. Today, Humppila remains a stop for trains using this line and the once closed railway station has been reopened for passengers. From 1898 until 1974, Humppila was the starting point of the narrow gauge Jokioinen Railway, a Template:Convert line to the town of Forssa. Today the remaining Template:Convert of this line make the Jokioinen Museum Railway. There are two significant traffic highways through Humppila municipality: Highway 2 (between Vihti and Pori) and Highway 9 (between Turku and Tampere).

Neighbouring municipalities are Forssa, Jokioinen, Ypäjä, Loimaa, Punkalaidun, and Urjala. The municipality of Humppila is unilingually Finnish.

Villages

Vitikka, Huhtaa, Humppila, Koivisto, Murto, Taipale, Venäjä, and Myllynkulma

Economy

Major employers in Humppila are the Humppila municipality, Kenkämaailma (shoe retail), Humppilan Osuuspankki (banking), Iittala Group Humppila Glassworks, and Maviteknik Oy (engineering). Employment structure by trade at the end of 2004 was following: Agriculture and forestry economics 16.3%, industry 22.0%, services 58.5%, unknown 3.2%.