Forssa (fin)

Forssa

Forssa ranks 6,977th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Hamilton, Massachusetts, Zwiesel, and Toliara. Memorable people born in Forssa include Kalevi Aho, and Asko Parpola. Memorable people who died in Forssa include Petter Adolf Karsten. Forssa has been the birth place of many composers, and religious figures and the death place of many biologists. Forssa is located in Finland.

Forssa is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located almost in the centre of a triangle defined by the three largest major cities in Finland, in the Tavastia Proper region, and which is crossed by Highway 2 between Pori and Helsinki and Highway 10 between Turku and Hämeenlinna. The town has a population of 16,470 and covers an area of 253.38 square kilometres (97.83 sq mi) of which 4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi) is water. The population density is 66.19 inhabitants per square kilometre (171.4/sq mi). Only a little part of the surface area of Forssa is water, but the river Loimijoki forms an important element in the cityscape, with the city being located at its starting point. Other notable water areas in Forssa include the lake Kaukjärvi and the lake Koijärvi, known as the birthplace of the Green League. Read more on Wikipedia