Ämmälä is the 21st district and a village of the city of

Lahti Lahti (; ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Päijät-Häme. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Lahti is approximately , while the Lahti sub-region, sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the mo ...

, in the region of

Päijät-Häme Päijät-Häme (; ) is a Regions of Finland, region in Southern Finland south of the lake Päijänne. It borders the regions of Uusimaa, Kanta-Häme, Pirkanmaa, Central Finland, Southern Savonia, South Savo and Kymenlaakso. The biggest city in t ...

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. It borders the districts of Kerinkallio in the north,

Kujala Kujala is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Toivo Kujala (1894–1959), Finnish electrician and politician * Urho Kujala (born 1957), Finnish orienteering competitor * Jussi Kujala (born 1983), Finnish football player * ...

in the northeast, Villähde in the east,

Renkomäki Renkomäki is the 22nd district of the city of Lahti, in the region of Päijät-Häme, Finland. It borders the districts of Nikkilä in the north, Ämmälä in the east and Jokimaa and Laune in the northwest, as well as the town of Orimattila in ...

in the west and Nikkilä in the northwest, as well as the town of

Orimattila Orimattila () is a town in Päijänne Tavastia regions of Finland, region, Finland. The southern part of Lahti is connected to the village of Pennala, which is located in the northern part of the Orimattila municipality. Its neighboring municipali ...

in the south. Ämmälä is largely rural in character with its thinly spread population and extensive forest and field areas. The center of the village consists of four estates - Jussila, Ristola, Ahola and Heikkilä, which surround a four-way road junction. By a governmental decree made on 29 October 1954, Ämmälä was annexed to Lahti from Orimattila on 1 January 1956. The combined population of the statistical district of Ämmälä was 441 in 2019.

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Districts of Lahti {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub