Pirkkala
| Pirkkala Birkala | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Pirkkalan kunta | ||
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Tampere-Pirkkala Airport | ||
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 Location of Pirkkala in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 61°28′N 023°39′E / 61.467°N 23.650°ECoordinates: 61°28′N 023°39′E / 61.467°N 23.650°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Pirkanmaa | |
| Sub-region | Tampere sub-region | |
| Charter | 1922 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Helena Rissanen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 104.04 km2 (40.17 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 81.38 km2 (31.42 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 22.66 km2 (8.75 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 328th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 18,731 | |
| • Rank | 66th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 230.17/km2 (596.1/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 97.5% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.4% | |
| • Others | 2.2% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 22.1% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 65.9% | |
| • 65 or older | 12% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% | |
| Website | www.pirkkala.fi | |
Pirkkala (Swedish: Birkala) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located some 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-west from Tampere in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 18,731 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 104.04 square kilometres (40.17 sq mi) of which 22.66 km2 (8.75 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 230.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (596.1/sq mi). Pirkkala is currently the fastest growing municipality in Pirkanmaa region.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is located in south-west Pirkkala and is currently the second most important international airport in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.
History
The old Suur-Pirkkala (Great-Pirkkala) is known in old writings from the 14th century, and it occupied over half of Pirkanmaa region nowadays populated by about 360,000 inhabitants. Suur-Pirkkala began to split when new parishes and municipalities were founded. In the year 1922 the remainings of Suur-Pirkkala were split into Pohjois- and Etelä-Pirkkala (Northern and Southern). In 1938 the name of Northern Pirkkala was changed to Nokia and Southern Pirkkala restored its original Pirkkala name.
Present-day region of Pirkanmaa is named after Pirkkala.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Pirkkala is twinned with:
See also
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.
- ↑ "Networks, town twinning and partnerships" (PDF). City of Solna. Retrieved 2013-08-04.
External links
Media related to Pirkkala at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pirkkala – official site
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