Kangasala is a municipality in Finland, next to Tampere. It was founded in 1865. The municipality has a population of 30,664 (30 June 2015) and covers an area of 870.85 square kilometres (336.24sqmi) of which 212.83km (82.17sqmi) is water. The population density is 46.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (121/sqmi).