Pälkäne

Pälkäneen kunta

coat of arms	map
Basic data
State :	Finland
Landscape :	Pirkanmaa
Administrative community :	Tampere
Geographical location	61 ° 20 ′  N , 24 ° 16 ′  E Coordinates: 61 ° 20 ′  N , 24 ° 16 ′  E
Surface:	738.54 km²
of which land area:	560.76 km²
of which inland waterways:	177.78 km²
Residents :	6,499 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	11.6 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number :	635
Language (s) :	Finnish
Website :	palkane.fi

Pälkäne [ pælkænɛ ] is a municipality in the landscape Pirkanmaa in western Finland .

On January 1, 2007, the municipality of Luopioinen was merged with the municipality of Pälkäne.

Ruins of the medieval church in Pälkäne

Localities

The municipality includes the towns of Epaala, Harhala, Huhti, Huntila, Kaitamo, Kankahainen, Kantokylä, Kinnala, Kirpu, Kollola, Kotila, Kuisema, Kukkola, Kuuliala, Kärväntälä, Laitikkala, Lovensalo, Luikala, Myttäälä, Mällinkilä, Mälkilä, Onkkaala, Paino (part of the city of Valkeakoski since 1975 ), Pappila, Pitkäjärvi, Pohjalahti, Ruokola, Ruotsila, Salmentaka, Sappee, Seitsye, Tauriala, Tausti, Tommola, Töyräniemi, Vuolijoki and Äimälä.

Distances

• Helsinki 145 kilometers
• Hämeenlinna 46 kilometers
• Tampere 35 kilometers
• Valkeakoski 23 kilometers

Community partnerships

Pälkäne has partnerships with the following locations:

• Lovere (Italy)
• Sala (Sweden), since 1940
• Markaryd (Sweden), since 1977

Web links

Commons : Pälkäne  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pälkäne municipality

Old coat of arms of the municipality of Pälkäne, the aapis kukko

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB) Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office)
2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018