Pilpala is a village in the

Loppi Loppi (; , also ) is a municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Southern Finland and is part of the Kanta-Häme regions of Finland, region, located about 50 kilometers (about 30 mil ...

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Tavastia Proper Tavastia () or Tavastland may refer to: Regions * Häme (Swedish: ''Tavastland'', Latin: ''Tavastia'') * Tavastia (historical province) Tavastia (; ; ; also called ''Yam'' (Ямь) or ''Yem'' (Емь) in Russian sources) is a historical prov ...

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. It is located in the southern part of the municipality, near the border of

Karkkila Karkkila (; ) is a town and a municipality of Finland. Neighboring municipalities are Lohja, Loppi, Tammela and Vihti. Geography Karkkila is located in the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of () and it covers an area of of ...

town. It is less than 15 kilometers from the village to the church village of Loppi, Karkkila and the

Läyliäinen Läyliäinen () is a village in the southern part of the Loppi municipality in Tavastia Proper, Finland. The village's population is less than 900. The village is crossed by the Finnish regional road 132 (Mt 132) that runs between the Loppi chur ...

village to the east.Sirpa Palokari: Menneen ja olevan poluilla
(in Finnish) In the early 2010s, the population of the village was 200–300 inhabitants. In the vicinity of Hyrrynmäki in Pilpala is the largest

spring Spring(s) may refer to: Common uses * Spring (season), a season of the year * Spring (device), a mechanical device that stores energy * Spring (hydrology), a natural source of water * Spring (mathematics), a geometric surface in the shape of a he ...

Southern Finland Southern Finland (, ) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Western Finland and Eastern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Finland and Russia. History On September 1, 1997 the Uusimaa Province, the Ky ...

, the two-hectare Hyrry Spring (''Hyrryn lähde'').

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* Suorsa, Salli (toim.): Kolmen kylän kirja. Elämää Pilpalan, Hunsalan ja Tevännön kylissä menneistä ajoista nykypäivään. Pilpalan kylät, 2005. . Loppi Villages in Kanta-Häme {{SouthernFinland-geo-stub