Vehmaa
Template:Infobox settlement Vehmaa (Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland 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" /> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area" /> The population density is Template:Convert.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Vehmaa is known of their red Granite Balmoral red, as well as being the birthplace of Albin Stenroos who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1924 Olympics. According to Traficom, Vehmaa is the fifth most motorized municipality in Finland with 628 cars per 1000 inhabitants.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Vehmaa Church
The stone church of Vehmaa was probably built between 1425–1440, and it's one of the oldest still existing churches in Western Finland. The pulpit was installed in the 17th century, and the other interior is from the 1840s. The church was dedicated to Saint Margaret.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
- Timo Aaltonen (born 1969), shot putter
- Waldemar Bergroth (1852–1928), Lutheran clergyman and politician
- Outi Heiskanen (1937–2022), artist
- Janne Jaakkola (born 1967), general
- Pertti Karppinen (born 1953), rower
- Albin Stenroos (1889–1971), runner
References
External links
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- Municipality of Vehmaa – Official website Template:In lang
- Balmoral Red Fine Grain Granite