Vehmaa (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Vehmaa is known of their red Granite Balmoral red, as well as being the birthplace of Albin Stenroos who won the gold medal in the marathon at the 1924 Olympics. According to Traficom, Vehmaa is the fifth most motorized municipality in Finland with 628 cars per 1000 inhabitants.

Vehmaa Church

The stone church of Vehmaa was probably built between 1425–1440, and it's one of the oldest still existing churches in Western Finland. The pulpit was installed in the 17th century, and the other interior is from the 1840s. The church was dedicated to Saint Margaret.

Notable people

• Timo Aaltonen (born 1969), shot putter

• Waldemar Bergroth (1852–1928), Lutheran clergyman and politician

• Outi Heiskanen (1937–2022), artist

• Janne Jaakkola (born 1967), general

• Pertti Karppinen (born 1953), rower

• Albin Stenroos (1889–1971), runner

References

External links

• Municipality of Vehmaa – Official website

• Balmoral Red Fine Grain Granite