Janakkala

Janakkala (

Finnish pronunciation: [ˈjɑnɑˌkːɑlɑ]) is a municipality of Finland. Its administrative centre is in Turenki. Janakkala is located along Highway 3 (E12) in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. To the south, Janakkala shares a boundary with Riihimäki, the northern neighbour being Hämeenlinna. It is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Turenki to Hämeenlinna, 94 kilometres (58 mi) to Tampere, and 96 kilometres (60 mi) to Helsinki.

The municipality has a population of 16,006 (31 March 2025) and covers an area of 586.07 square kilometres (226.28 sq mi) of which 38.63 km² (14.92 sq mi) is water. The population density is 29.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (75.7/sq mi). In Janakkala the rate of unemployment is 9.7% and the rate of municipal taxes is %.^[when?] The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The Puuhamaa amusement park is in Tervakoski. The Hakoinen fortress is in Janakkala village.

Actress Ida Aalberg was born in 1857 in Leppäkoski village in Janakkala.

The coat of arms of Janakkala, a head of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), the regional animal of Tavastia Proper, describes Janakkala's location in the heart of Tavastia. An aisle line of partition is a reference to Hakoinen Castle into the mountain, and the upper two arrows encircling the cross, symbol of Christianity, the image of the Crusades battles.

• Hattula
• Loppi

Media related to Janakkala at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Janakkala – Official website (in Finnish)