Ämmälä

District of Lahti in Päijät-Häme, Finland

60°56′0″N 25°41′30″E / 60.93333°N 25.69167°E / 60.93333; 25.69167Country

FinlandRegionPäijät-HämeMunicipalityLahtiPopulation

(2019)

• Total441 (approximate)Postal codes

15680

District number21

Ämmälä is the 21st district and a village of the city of Lahti, in the region of Päijät-Häme, Finland. It borders the districts of Kerinkallio in the north, Kujala in the northeast, Villähde in the east, Renkomäki in the west and Nikkilä in the northwest, as well as the town of Orimattila in the south.^[1] Ämmälä is largely rural in character with its thinly spread population and extensive forest and field areas. The center of the village consists of four estates - Jussila, Ristola, Ahola and Heikkilä, which surround a four-way road junction.^[2]^[3]

By a governmental decree made on 29 October 1954, Ämmälä was annexed to Lahti from Orimattila on 1 January 1956.^[4]

The combined population of the statistical district of Ämmälä was 441 in 2019.^[5]

References

^ "Lahti map service: Quarters of Lahti City". City of Lahti. Archived from the original on 2021-01-23. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
^ Kivilä, Hannu (2007). Lahtelaisen lukukirja (in Finnish). Lahti: Lahti City Museum, Lahti-seura. pp. 170–173. ISBN 978-951-849-618-5.
^ Niskanen, Riitta (2000). Selvitys Lahden kulttuurihistoriallisesti arvokkaista kohteista (in Finnish). Hollola: City of Lahti. p. 162. ISBN 951-849-521-1.
^ Kivilä, Hannu (1997). Markalla Möysään: Seitsemän vuosikymmentä Lahden seudun paikallista linja-autoliikennettä. Lahti: Suomen Linja-autohistoriallinen Seura r.y. p. 82. ISBN 951-96869-1-6.
^ "Statistics service of the City of Lahti" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 18 January 2021.