Häme Province
Häme Province, or Tavastia, was a province of Finland from 1831 to 1997.
In 1997 the southern parts with Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme was merged with the province of Uusimaa and Kymi into the new province of Southern Finland. The northern part with Pirkanmaa was merged with the provinces of Vaasa, Province of [Central Finland|Central Finland], Turku and Pori into the new province of Western Finland.
The province corresponds roughly to the current regions of Kanta-Häme, Päijät-Häme and Pirkanmaa.
Municipalities in 1997 (cities in bold)
- AsikkalaForssa
- Hattula
- Hauho
- Hausjärvi
- Hollola
- Humppila
- Hämeenkoski
- HämeenkyröHämeenlinnaIkaalinen
- Janakkala
- Jokioinen
- Juupajoki
- Kalvola
- Kangasala
- Kihniö
- Kuhmalahti
- Kuorevesi
- Kuru
- Kylmäkoski
- KärköläLahti
- Lammi
- Lempäälä
- Loppi
- Luopioinen
- Längelmäki
- MouhijärviMänttä
- NastolaNokiaOrivesi
- PadasjokiParkano
- Pirkkala
- Pälkäne
- RenkoRiihimäki
- Ruovesi
- Sahalahti
- TammelaTampereToijala
- Tuulos
- UrjalaValkeakoski
- Vesilahti
- Viiala
- Viljakkala
- VilppulaVirrat
- Ylöjärvi
- Ypäjä
Former municipalities (disestablished before 1997)
- Aitolahti
- Eräjärvi
- Hämeenlinnan mlk
- Koijärvi
- Messukylä
- Pohjaslahti
- Somerniemi
- Sääksmäki
- Teisko
- Tottijärvi
- Tyrväntö
- Vanaja
Governors
- 1831
- 1831–1841
- J. V. Snellman 1831
- 1841–1863
- 1863–1865
- 1865–1869
- 1870–1875
- 1875–1887
- 1887–1895
- 1895–1899
- 1900–1901
- 1901–1904
- 1904–1906
- 1906–1910
- Arthur Brofeldt 1910–1911
- 1911–1917
- 1917–1918
- Antti Tulenheimo 1918–1919
- Albert [von Hellens] 1919–1930
- 1930–1959
- 1959–1972
- Valdemar Sandelin 1973–1979
- 1979–1994
- Kaarina Suonio 1994–1997