Pirkkala
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| Basic data | |
| State : |
 Finland
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| Landscape : | Pirkanmaa |
| Administrative community : | Tampere |
| Geographical location | 61 ° 27 ' N , 23 ° 38' E |
| Surface: | 104.04 km² |
| of which land area: | 81.37 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 22.67 km² |
| Residents : | 19,368 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 238 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 604 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | pirkkala.fi |
Pirkkala [ ˈpirkːɑlɑ ] ( Swedish. Birkala ) is a municipality in Finland .
It is located 10 kilometers southwest of Tampere and belongs to the western Finnish landscape of Pirkanmaa . Pirkkala has 19,368 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) and is 104.04 km², of which 22.67 km² is water. Pirkkala is currently the fastest growing municipality in Pirkanmaa.
The population speaks only Finnish .
The Tampere-Pirkkala , Finland's second largest airport, located in the southwest of the municipality. There are Ryanair connections from this airport to Frankfurt-Hahn and Bremen, among others . Other airlines that fly to the airport are Finnair and SAS Scandinavian Airlines .
In this area a made birch - mutation (the Pirkkala birch: whose leaf edges are badly scored Betula pendula Birkalensis : Finnish Pirkkalan Koivu ).
coat of arms
Description of the coat of arms : The coat of arms, which is quartered in white and red, has a simple split and a monkshood division .
Sons and daughters
- Tapio Rautavaara (1915–1979), athlete, musician and actor
- Lauri Pyykönen (* 1978), cross-country skier
- Mika Mäki (* 1988), racing driver
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 194 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
