Vanaja (Finland)

Vanaja
Former municipality
Vanajan kunta Vånå kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Vanaja in the Häme Province
Coordinates: 61°00′13″N 024°28′10″E / 61.00361°N 24.46944°E / 61.00361; 24.46944
Country	Finland
Province	Häme Province
Region	Tavastia Proper
Merged into Hattula, Hämeenlinna, Janakkala and Renko	1967
Seat	Hattelmala
Area
• Land	300.4 km2 (116.0 sq mi)
Population  (1966-12-31)
• Total	6,636

Vanaja is a former municipality of Finland. It was located in Tavastia Proper about 100 kilometres (60 mi) north of Helsinki. It is also speculated that it might have been the name for an Iron Age and early Middle Ages settlement found opposite to the Häme Castle.

The municipality bordered Hämeenlinna, Hattula, Hauho, Tuulos, Lammi, Janakkala and Renko. Before 1948, it bordered Hämeenlinnan maalaiskunta instead of Hattula.