Hämeenkyrö
| Hämeenkyrö Hämeenkyrö – Tavastkyro | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Hämeenkyrön kunta Tavastkyro kommun | ||
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The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate Frans Emil Sillanpää | ||
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 Location of Hämeenkyrö in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 61°38′N 023°12′E / 61.633°N 23.200°ECoordinates: 61°38′N 023°12′E / 61.633°N 23.200°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Pirkanmaa | |
| Sub-region | Northwestern Pirkanmaa sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipality manager | Antero Alenius | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 505.10 km2 (195.02 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 463.76 km2 (179.06 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 230th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 10,622 | |
| • Rank | 100th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 22.9/km2 (59/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 0.9% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 18% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 63.8% | |
| • 65 or older | 18.2% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% | |
| Website | www.hameenkyro.fi | |
Hämeenkyrö (Swedish: Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 10,622 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 505.10 square kilometres (195.02 sq mi) of which 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 22.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (59/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, a famous Hämeenkyrian and a Nobel Laureate in Literature, was born in Hämeenkyrö.
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
Media related to Hämeenkyrö at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Hämeenkyrö – Official website
- Arteles International Artist in Residency Program
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