Pirkkala
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Pirkkala (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Pirkkala is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pirkkala
- Settlement.other_name
- Birkala
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tampere-Pirkkala Airport 1.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Tampere-Pirkkala Airport
- Settlement.image_shield
- Pirkkala.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Pirkkala sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Pirkkala in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pirkanmaa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tampere
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Metropolitan area
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tampere
- Settlement.seat
- Naistenmatka
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Birkala kommun
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Häme Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 20763
- Area
- 22.55
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Vesilahti
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- www.pirkkala.fi
- Image
- Vanha Kirkko Pirkkala - panoramio.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Valjala Rural Municipality
- Commons category
- Pirkkala
- topic's main category
- Category:Pirkkala
- inception
- 1922-01-01
- native label
- Birkala
- associated electoral district
- Pirkanmaa
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Tampere sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=604
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +358-3-565-240-00
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Great Pirkkala
- South and North Pirkkala
- Pirkkala
- Sights
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Pirkkala (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Pirkkala is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Pirkkala has an area of of which is water. The population density is , which makes it the most densely populated municipality in Finland that does not use the title of town or city. Pirkkala is also currently the fastest-growing municipality in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pirkkala” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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