Pirkkala
Pirkkala Birkala | ||
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Municipality | ||
Pirkkalan kunta | ||
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 (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 18,984 | |
• Rank | 66th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 233.28/km2 (604.2/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 18,984 (31 March 2016)[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 233.28 inhabitants per square kilometre (604.2/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 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "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