Renko, Finland

Location of Renko in Finland

Renko is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Hämeenlinna on 2009-01-01.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The municipality had a population of 2,378 (30 November 2008)[1] and covered an area of 290.85 square kilometres (112.30 sq mi) of which 12.32 km2 (4.76 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.1/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Rengo" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Renko" also in Swedish.[2][failed verification]

References

  1. ^ Population Register Center of Finland Archived 2010-12-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet Archived 2011-12-23 at the Wayback Machine

Media related to Renko at Wikimedia Commons

60°53′35″N 24°17′00″E / 60.89306°N 24.28333°E / 60.89306; 24.28333