Pirkkalan kunta

municipality in Finland
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. Image File history File links Pirkkala_coat_of_arms. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country. ... Image File history File links Pirkkala_Suomen_maakuntakartalla. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... Pirkanmaa, or the Tampere Region (official English name), is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions (seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish). ... Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by area as of 2003: 17321,32 km²: Inari/Enare 12416,81 km²: Sodankylä 8463,59 km²: Enontekiö/Enontekis 8411,79 km²: Kittilä 7915,51 km²: Rovaniemen_mlk/Rovaniemi_lk 6470,65 km²: Savukoski 5878,00 km²: Salla 5865,79 km²: Pudasj... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map of the population density in 2006 Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by population as of 2004: Helsinki (Helsingfors) 557,814 (Helsinki Metropolitan Area 977,091) Espoo (Esbo) 225,858 Tampere (Tammerfors) 201,271 Vantaa (Vanda) 184,956 Turku (Ã…bo) 174,258 Oulu (UleÃ¥borg) 126,122 Lahti (Lahtis) 98,216 Kuopio... Urbanization is the degree of or increase in urban character or nature. ... An 1837 political cartoon about unemployment in the United States. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental administrative units of the country. ...

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. km redirects here. ... Tampere (Swedish name Tammerfors) is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes: Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län). ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Pirkanmaa, or the Tampere Region (official English name), is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

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. The Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (IATA: TMP, ICAO: EFTP), located in Pirkkala, some 15 kilometres from the city of Tampere, is one of the busiest airports in Finland. ... One of the Helsinki-Vantaas runways Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (IATA: HEL, ICAO: EFHK) in Vantaa, Finland, is the main airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. ...

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. 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nokias harbour For the corporation, see Nokia. ...

External links

• Pirkkala - Official site.

Coordinates: 61°20′N 21°08′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...