Pirkkala
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| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Tampere |
| City manager | Risto Koivisto |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Area - total - land |
ranked 403 103.86 km² 81,49 km² |
| Population - total (2005) - change - density |
ranked 75 14,821 % 182/km² |
| Urbanisation | % |
| Unemployment rate | 9,6 % |
| http://www.pirkkala.fi/ | |
Pirkkala (Birkala in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located some 10 km south-west from Tampere in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 14,781 (as 31st of June 2005) and covers an area of 103.86 km² of which 22.37 km² is water. The population density is 175.8 inhabitants per km². 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.
[edit] History
The old Suur-Pirkkala (Great-Pirkkala) is known in old writings from 14th century, and it occupied over half of Pirkanmaa region nowadays populated by about 360.000 habitants. Suur-Pirkkala began to split when new parishes and municipalities were founded. In the year 1919 the remainings of Suur-Pirkkala were split into Pohjois- and Eteläis-Pirkkala (Northern and Southern). In 1938 the name of Northern-Pirkkala was changed into the city of Nokia and Southern-Pirkkala restored its original Pirkkala name.
Present-day region of Pirkanmaa is named after Pirkkala.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Pirkkala - Official site.
