Pirkkala
Pirkkala | |
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Municipality | |
Pirkkalan kunta | |
![]() Tampere-Pirkkala Airport | |
![]() Location o 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 | |
Kintra | ![]() |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Sub-region | Tampere sub-region |
Chairter | 1922 |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Helena Rissanen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 104.04 km2 (40.17 sq mi) |
• Laund | 81.38 km2 (31.42 sq mi) |
• Water | 22.66 km2 (8.75 sq mi) |
Area rank | 304t lairgest in Finland |
Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,377 |
• Rank | 63rd lairgest in Finland |
• Density | 238.11/km2 (616.7/sq mi) |
Population bi native leid | |
• Finnish | 97.5% (offeecial) |
• Swadish | 0.4% |
• Ithers | 2.2% |
Population by age | |
• 0 tae 14 | 22.1% |
• 15 tae 64 | 65.9% |
• 65 or aulder | 12% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% |
Website | www.pirkkala.fi |
Pirkkala (Swadish: Birkala) is a municipality o Finland.
It is locatit some 10 kilometre (6 mi) sooth-wast frae Tampere in the province o Wastren Finland an is pairt o the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality haes a population o 19,377 (31 Januar 2019)[2] an covers an aurie o 104.04 square kilometre (40.17 sq mi) o which 22.66 km2 (8.75 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 238.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (616.7/sq mi). Pirkkala is currently the fastest growin municipality in Pirkanmaa region.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is locatit in sooth-wast Pirkkala an is currently the seicont maist important internaitional airport in Finland efter Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.
History[eedit | eedit soorce]
The auld Suur-Pirkkala (Great-Pirkkala) is kent in auld writins frae 14t century, an it occupeed ower hauf o Pirkanmaa region nouadays populatit bi aboot 360,000 inhabitants. Suur-Pirkkala began tae split when new parishes an municipalities wur foondit. In the year 1922 the remainins o Suur-Pirkkala wur split intae Pohjois- an Etelä-Pirkkala (Northren an Soothren). In 1938 the name o Northren Pirkkala wis chyngit tae Nokia an Soothren Pirkkala restored its oreeginal Pirkkala name.
Present-day region o Pirkanmaa is named efter Pirkkala.
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References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2019.
- ↑ "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 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.
Freemit airtins[eedit | eedit soorce]
Media relatit tae Pirkkala at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality o Pirkkala – offeecial steid