Parkano
Parkano | |
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City | |
Parkanon kaupunki Parkano stad | |
Parkano by night | |
![]() Coat of arms | |
![]() Location of Parkano in Finland | |
Coordinates: 62°00.5′N 023°01.5′E / 62.0083°N 23.0250°ECoordinates: 62°00.5′N 023°01.5′E / 62.0083°N 23.0250°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Sub-region | North Western Pirkanmaa |
Charter | 1867 |
Government | |
• City manager | Jari Heiniluoma |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 909.67 km2 (351.23 sq mi) |
• Land | 852.16 km2 (329.02 sq mi) |
• Water | 57.5 km2 (22.2 sq mi) |
Area rank | 90th largest in Finland |
Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,352 |
• Rank | 151st largest in Finland |
• Density | 7.45/km2 (19.3/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.3% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 1.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 13.7% |
• 15 to 64 | 53% |
• 65 or older | 33.3% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 22% |
Website | www.parkano.fi |
Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.
It is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. The population of Parkano is 6,352 (March 31, 2021)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 852.16 km2 (329.02 sq mi) of which 57.50 km2 (22.20 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2018).[1] The population density is 7.45/km2 (19.3/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People[]
The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "the baron of Parkano", .[who?]
- Signe Brander (1869–1942)
- Yrjö Pulkkinen (1875–1945)
- Walto Tuomioja (1888–1931)
- Kari Asikainen (born 1939)
- Kai Suikkanen (born 1959)
- Saija Varjus (born 1965)
- Johanna Lehtinen (born 1979)
- Toni Rajala (born 1991)
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links[]
Media related to Parkano at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Parkano – Official website
- Photos Parkano Church
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Parkanon_kirkko.jpg/300px-Parkanon_kirkko.jpg)
Parkano church was built in 1800 and the bell tower in front of it in 1889. Lightning struck the church on Midsummer's Day in 1928, killing four people.
Categories:
- Cities and towns in Finland
- Municipalities of Pirkanmaa
- Populated places established in 1867
- Western Finland Province geography stubs