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Forssa

Located in Forssa, Kanta-Häme Coordinates: 60°54′12″ N 23°38′22″ E

Map showing the location of Forssa Forssa
Location in Finland
Population
17,904
17.9K
Elevation
136 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+02:00
Europe/Helsinki · UTC+02:00
Places inside
1
listed under Forssa
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
TMP Tampere-Pirkkala Airport57 km
TKU Turku Airport87 km

About Forssa

Forssa is a municipality. Location: Forssa, Kanta-Häme. Population: 17,904. Elevation: 136 m.

From Wikipedia

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 (Helsinki, Turku and Tampere), in the Kanta-Häme 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 16,307 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 253.38 square kilometres (97.83 sq mi) of which 4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi) is water.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Built
1923
Area
249 km²
Official website
forssa.fi

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Forssa

From Wikivoyage

Forssa is a town of 18,000 inhabitants in Tavastia Proper. The municipality of Tammela, just east of Forssa, and the former municipality of Koijärvi, in the northern part of Forssa, are also handled in this article.

Understand+

In the late 1800s, Forssa began to develop as an important centre for textile manufacturing. The town was known for its cotton mills and other textile factories, which provided employment to thousands of people in the region. After the large Finlayson textile factory closed down in 2008, part of the buildings host museums, exhibitions and activities.

Forssa and Tammela municipal websites

Get in+

If you draw a triangle where the corners are the three most populous areas in Finland – Helsinki, Tampere and Turku – Forssa is roughly in the middle, about 100 km from each of them.

By bus:

Forssa has coach connections from Helsinki, Pori, Turku, Lahti, Hämeenlinna and Loimaa. The 1 Bus station is in the centre. Onnibus may use the 2 Autokeidas stop 4 km from the centre, at the junction of highways 2 and 10.

By train:

Humppila is the nearest (21 km away) train station, on the Turku–Tampere railway, with a train most hours in daytime. There are some daily buses from there to Forssa, and a heritage narrow-gauge railway from Humppila to Jokioinen, 7,5 km from Forssa centre, serviced Sundays in summer. Hämeenlinna, on the Helsinki–Tampere–Oulu railway, is 55 km away.

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Places bordering Forssa

  • Humppila
  • Jokioinen
  • Tammela
  • Urjala

Twin towns and sister cities of Forssa

  • Gödöllő· Hungary

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Forssa over time

Population of Forssa over time
2008 17,870
2009 17,807
2010 17,904
2011 17,833
2012 17,727
2013 17,667
2014 17,627
2015 17,422
2016 17,332
2017 17,185
2023 16,469
2025 16,307

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Forssa

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 2° · Night -3° · Rain 58 mm

Hottest month
July (day 21°)
Coldest month
February (night -10°)
Wettest month
July (82 mm)
Driest month
February (31 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Forssa
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-3°-3°1°7°16°20°21°19°13°7°2°-2°
Average low (°C)-9°-10°-7°-2°4°8°11°9°5°1°-3°-7°
Precipitation (mm)423133363556827860625848

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Forssa

The nearest airport is Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP), 57 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Tallinn, 175 km to the south.

Airports

  • Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP) Tampere / Pirkkala 57 kmnorth
  • Turku Airport (TKU) Turku 87 kmsouthwest
  • Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL) Helsinki (Vantaa) 97 kmsoutheast

Nearby large cities

  • Tallinn Population: 394K 175 kmsouth
  • Stockholm Population: 1.5M 356 kmsouthwest
  • Sollentuna Population: 139.6K 356 kmsouthwest
  • Umeå Population: 130.2K 370 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Forssa

Within 100 km: 1 historic or cultural site, 10 natural sites, 53 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km2 places

  • Torronsuon Kansallispuisto Natural site 19 kmS
  • Rutajärvi Lake 21 kmNW

25–60 km10 places

  • Liesjärven Kansallispuisto Natural site 30 kmSE
  • Kernaalanjärvi Lake 54 kmE
  • Pyhäjärvi Lake 57 kmN
  • Vanajavesi Lake 40 kmNE

60–100 km52 places

  • Kakskerta Island 99 kmSW
  • Ruissalo Island 97 kmSW
  • Hirvensalo Island 96 kmSW
  • Aurajoki River 78 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Forssa

1 place
  1. 1 Forssa 16.4K

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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