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Also known as Hameenkyro, Tavastkyro

Hämeenkyrö (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located from Tampere. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

Key facts

Settlement.name
Hämeenkyrö
Settlement.other_name
Tavastkyro
Settlement.settlement_type
Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline
Myllykolu.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate F. E. Sillanpää
Settlement.image_shield
Hämeenkyrö.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.shield_size
120x80px
Settlement.image_map
Hämeenkyrö sijainti Suomi.svg
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Hämeenkyrö in Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Pirkanmaa
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Sub-region
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Tampere
Settlement.leader_title
Municipality manager
Settlement.leader_name
Antero Alenius
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+02:00

via Wikipedia infobox

Company

Jurisdiction
FI
Headquarters
HÄMEENKYRÖ, FI

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Tavastkyro kommun
Country
Finland
Located in
Häme Province
Official language
Finnish
Population
10249
Area
41.11
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Ylöjärvi
Official website
hameenkyro.fi
Image
Metsä Board Kyro paper mill cropped.jpg
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Commons category
Hämeenkyrö
topic's main category
Category:Hämeenkyrö
native label
Tavastkyro
associated electoral district
Pirkanmaa
located in the statistical territorial entity
Tampere sub-region
Sources (7)

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Transport
  • Distances from Hämeenkyrö
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Hämeenkyrö (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located from Tampere. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

The neighboring municipalities of Hämeenkyrö are Ikaalinen, Nokia, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hämeenkyrö” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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