Pirkkala
Pirkkala | |
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Municipality | |
| Pirkkalan kunta | |
 Tampere-Pirkkala Airport | |
 Coat airms | |
 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 |  Finland |
| 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 (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 20,491 |
| • Rank | 56t lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 251.79/km2 (652.1/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) |
| 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 20,491 (28 Februar 2023)[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 251.79 inhabitants per square kilometre (652.1/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.
See an aw
[eedit | eedit soorce]References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- 1 2 "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "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.
Freemit airtins
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Media relatit tae Pirkkala at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality o Pirkkala – offeecial steid
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