Ypäjä is a municipality located in the countryside of South-Western Finland. It belongs to the province of Southern Finland and the region of Tavastia Proper. The municipality has a population of 2,207 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 183.25 square kilometres (70.75 sq mi) of which 0.5 km² (0.19 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 12.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.3/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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Ypäjä
Municipality
Ypäjän kunta Ypäjä kommun
Ypäjä Church
Coat of arms
Location of Ypäjä in Finland
Coordinates: 60°48.5′N 023°17′E
Country	Finland
Region	Tavastia Proper
Sub-region	Forssa sub-region
Charter	1876
Government
• Municipal manager	Tatu Ujula
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	183.25 km2 (70.75 sq mi)
• Land	182.76 km2 (70.56 sq mi)
• Water	0.5 km2 (0.2 sq mi)
• Rank	269th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	2,207
• Rank	249th largest in Finland
• Density	12.08/km2 (31.3/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	97.4% (official)
• Swedish	0.5%
• Others	2.1%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	12.4%
• 15 to 64	58.4%
• 65 or older	29.1%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate	Dfc
Website	www.ypaja.fi

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The main population centre of Ypäjä is a small village situated on the river Loimijoki, between the towns of Forssa (23 km to the east from Ypäjä) and Loimaa (15 km to the west). Although officially part of the Forssa region, Ypäjä is often also considered to belong to the Loimaa region as it has traditionally been influenced by both towns. Besides Loimaa, its direct neighbours are Jokioinen, Humppila, Somero and Koski Tl.

The distances from Ypäjä to the three major cities in southern Finland are relatively short: 74 kilometres (46 mi) to Turku, 96 km (60 mi) to Tampere, and 132 km (82 mi) to the capital Helsinki.

Ypäjä is probably best known for horses; the municipality e.g. has an Equine College and hosts an annual international riding competition called Finnderby.

Ypäjä's coat of arms is designed by Aukusti Tuhka.