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Pirkkala
Birkala | |
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Municipality | |
| Pirkkalan kunta Birkala kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pirkkala in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°28′N 023°39′E / 61.467°N 23.650°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Tampere sub-region |
| Metropolitan area | Tampere metropolitan area |
| Charter | 1922 |
| Seat | Naistenmatka |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marko Jarva[1] |
| Area (2018-01-01)[2] | |
| • Total | 104.04 km2 (40.17 sq mi) |
| • Land | 81.42 km2 (31.44 sq mi) |
| • Water | 22.66 km2 (8.75 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 304th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[3] | |
| • Total | 20,938 |
| • Rank | 49th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 257.16/km2 (666.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.4% |
| • Others | 4.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 19.9% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.8% |
| • 65 or older | 18.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Pirkkala (Finnish: [ˈpirkːɑlɑ]; Swedish: Birkala) 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 21,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 421,000. It is the 49th most populous municipality in Finland.
Pirkkala has an area of 104.04 square kilometres (40.17 sq mi) of which 22.66 km2 (8.75 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 257.16 inhabitants per square kilometre (666.0/sq mi), 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.[7] The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is located in southwest Pirkkala. The most significant main road in Pirkkala is Tampere Ring Road.
- ^ "Municipal administration - The Mayor". Pirkkala.fi. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ Pirkkala kiihdyttää kasvua, Tampereen kauppakamarilehti 1/2005 (in Finnish)