Riihimäki

Riihimäki (literally "Drying barn height" in English) is a town and municipality in the south of Finland, about 69 km north of Helsinki and 109 km southeast of Tampere. It is somewhat of a railway junction, since the railway tracks going from different parts of the nation to Helsinki merge there. Sako, Ltd. has a major factory in Riihimäki.

The town is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Tavastia Proper region. The town has a population of 26,842 (December 31, 2004) and covers an area of 125.38 km² of which 4.55 km² is water. The population density is 222.1 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.