Brief facts

Facts about Kangasala

Founded in 1865
Location: 18 km southeast of Tampere, 35 km from Tampere-Pirkkala airport
Distances to other large cities: Helsinki and Turku 170 km, Lahti 120 km, Jyväskylä 150 km
Population: approx. 30,000
Area: 870.5 km², of which 215 km² is water.
More than 174 lakes (over 1 ha), a shoreline of 1279 km. The biggest lakes are called Roine and Längelmävesi.
The Kangasala urban area is a 10 km long concentration of population centres.