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Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi () is a town and a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region, northwest of Tampere and north of the capital city Helsinki in Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Ylöjärvi is mostly a rural town. It does not have a clear center; the Tampere–Vaasa highway ( E12) and the Tampere–Seinäjoki railway divide the municipality's town center into two major distinct parts: the church village and Soppeenmäki. The railway, completed in 1971, has no passenger seats in the Ylöjärvi area, so buses handle all public transport. The population has increased rapidly in recent years. In 1990 it was slightly over 18,000, while on December 31, 2011 it was 30,942. The neighbouring municipalities are Hämeenkyrö, Ikaalinen, Kihniö, Nokia, Parkano, Ruovesi, Tampere and Virrat. The municipality of Viljakkala was consolidated with Ylöjärvi on January 1, 2007. The municipality of Kuru was consolidated with Ylöj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish National Road 3
Finnish national road 3 ( fi, Valtatie 3 or '; sv, Riksväg 3) is a highway in Finland between Helsinki and Vaasa via Hämeenlinna and Tampere. The road is long and it is part of the European route E12. of the highway is motorway, connecting Helsinki to Tampere. North of Tampere, the road is mostly two-lane road, with a share of 2+1 road. The busiest point on Highway 3 is in Helsinki, north of the Ring I junction, where the average traffic volume is about 90,000 vehicles per day. Back in the late 1950s before the current freeway, the Finnish regional road 132 (Mt 132) was the former main road to Hämeenlinna and Tampere via Loppi and Janakkala. Route The route of the road is: Helsinki – Vantaa – Nurmijärvi – Hyvinkää – Riihimäki – Janakkala – Hämeenlinna – Hattula – Kalvola – Valkeakoski – Akaa – Valkeakoski (again) – Lempäälä – Tampere – Pirkkala – Nokia – Tampere (again) – Ylöjärvi – Hämeenkyrö – Ikaalinen – Parkano – Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population of 341,696; and the metropolitan area, also known as the Tampere sub-region, has a population of 393,941 in an area of . Tampere is the second-largest urban area and third most-populous individual municipality in Finland, after the cities of Helsinki and Espoo, and the most populous Finnish city outside the Greater Helsinki area. Today, Tampere is one of the major urban, economic, and cultural hubs in the whole inland region. Tampere and its environs belong to the historical province of Satakunta. The area belonged to the Häme Province from 1831 to 1997, and over time it has often been considered to belong to Tavastia as a province. For example, in '' Uusi tietosanakirja'' published in the 1960s, the Tampere sub-region is presented as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the water area in the Kokemäki River watershed is located in the Pirkanmaa region, although Lake Vanajavesi is partly in the Kanta-Häme region. The region got its name from Pirkkala, which in the Middle Ages comprised most of present-day Pirkanmaa. Tampere is the regional center and capital of Pirkanmaa, and at the same time the largest city in the region. The total population of Pirkanmaa was 529,100 on 30 June 2022, which makes it the second largest among Finland's regions after Uusimaa. The population density is well over twice the Finnish average, and most of its population is largely concentrated in the Tampere sub-region. Economy The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 18.3 billion € in 2016 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuru, Finland
Kuru is a former municipality of Finland, now part of the town of Ylöjärvi. Kuru is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. Kuru lies north of Tampere. The municipality had a population of 2,782 and covered an area of 820.48 km² of which 103.53 km² is water. The population density was 3.4 inhabitants per km². The service industry is the primary employer for the area. Kuru was consolidated with the town of Ylöjärvi on January 1, 2009. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Approximately two-thirds of the Seitseminen national park is located in the municipality and represents the number one attraction for the area. Eco-tourism, nature conservation, and other nature related studies occur in Seitseminen. The park has vast forests, marshlands, and ridges of preserved land. The park is a total of 4000 km². The water from the streams and river in Kuru is so clean, it is drinkable without purification. The vast majority o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viljakkala
Viljakkala is a former municipality of Finland. It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 2,043 (2003) and covered an area of 224.70 km² of which 24.61 km² was water. The population density was 10.2 inhabitants per km². Viljakkala was consolidated with Ylöjärvi on January 1, 2007. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. External links * Populated places disestablished in 2007 Former municipalities of Finland Ylöjärvi {{WesternFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruovesi
Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi, Tampere, Virrat and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Helvetinjärvi National Park is located in Ruovesi. The biggest lake in the area of the municipality is Lake Ruovesi. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland. File:Iso Helvetinjarvi.jpg, Helvetinjärvi National Park File:Ruovesi Church 2021.jpg, Ruovesi Church File:Ruovesi Forest.jpg, Birch forest near Ruovesi People born in Ruovesi *Väinö Nyström (1857 – 1918) *Verner Järvinen (1870 – 1941) * Kalle Häkkinen (1878 – 1919) *Akseli Anttila (1897 – 1953) *Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898 – 1939) * Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen (1931 – 2015) * Kimmo Latvamäki (1976 – ) See also *Orivesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikaalinen
Ikaalinen (; sv, Ikalis) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, located northwest of Tampere. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipalities next to it are Hämeenkyrö, Jämijärvi, Kankaanpää, Parkano, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The Seitseminen national park is partly located in the municipality. S. Albert Kivinen, a writer and associate professor of philosophy of the University of Helsinki, is a native of Ikaalinen and his story ''Keskiyön Mato Ikaalisissa'' ("The Midnight Worm in Ikaalinen") is set there. Ikaalinen became an independent municipality in 1641. The associated market town was founded in 1858. The market town and the municipality were united in 1972 and Ikaalinen became a town in 1977. The centre of Ikaalinen is on lake Kyrösjärvi near the highway 3 ( E12). Transport The private coach company OnniBus ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hämeenkyrö
Hämeenkyrö (; sv, Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located from Tampere. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The neighboring municipalities of Hämeenkyrö are Ikaalinen, Nokia, Finland, Nokia, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. The drinking horn depicting coat of arms of Hämeenkyrö was designed by Gustaf von Numers and it was confirmed in 1954. After the wars, the Evacuation of Finnish Karelia, evacuated Karelian population from Otradnoye, Priozersky District, Leningrad Oblast, Otradnoye (''Pyhäjärvi'') was mostly settled in Hämeenkyrö. Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections, resulted in the True Finns being the largest group on the Hämeenkyrö council, in Hämeenkyrö. The name Hämeenkyrö comes from Finnish words "Häme" and "kyrö", which together mean a craggy and thicketed are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nokia, Finland
Nokia () is a town and a municipality on the banks of the Nokianvirta River (part of the Kokemäki River) in the region of Pirkanmaa, some west of Tampere in Finland. The distance to Tampere Airport from Nokia is using road connections when circling Lake Pyhäjärvi. Its neighboring municipalities are Hämeenkyrö, Pirkkala, Sastamala, Tampere, Vesilahti and Ylöjärvi. As of it has a population of and it is one of the fastest-growing cities in the area; today, Nokia is the largest municipality of Finland by population, and the second largest municipality in Pirkanmaa after Tampere. Etymology and heraldry The origin of the name ''Nokia'' is obscure. In modern Finnish, ''noki'' means soot and ''nokia'' is its inflected plural, although this form of the word is rarely if ever used. The most common theory claims the name actually originates from the archaic Finnish word ''nois'' ( pl. ''nokia'') or ''nokinäätä'' ("soot marten"), meaning sable. After the sable was hunted t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampere Sub-region
Tampere sub-region is a subdivision of Pirkanmaa and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. It covers an area of 4,977 km2 and has a population of 389,896 as of 2014. Municipalities * Hämeenkyrö * Kangasala * Kuhmoinen * Lempäälä * Nokia * Orivesi * Pirkkala * Pälkäne * Tampere * Vesilahti * Ylöjärvi Politics Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election: * Sauli Niinistö 62.8% * Pekka Haavisto 15.0% * Laura Huhtasaari 7.0% * Paavo Väyrynen 5.1% * Merja Kyllönen 3.7% * Tuula Haatainen 3.5% * Matti Vanhanen 2.2% * Nils Torvalds 0.7% See also * Helsinki sub-region Greater Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin seutu, Suur-Helsinki, Swedish: ''Helsingforsregionen'', ''Storhelsingfors'') is the metropolitan area surrounding Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. It includes the smaller Capital Region (''Pääkaupunkiseutu' ... References Sub-regions of Finland Geography of Pirkanmaa {{WesternFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virrat
Virrat (; sv, Virdois) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and it is located north of Tampere and west of Jyväskylä. The distance between Virrat and Helsinki is . The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The town grew rapidly in the middle years of the twentieth century, and by 1950 the population reached more than 12,000. Virrat acquired town status in 1977, although it had received the right to hold markets three years earlier, in 1974. More recently the population level has been adversely impacted by the drift of employment opportunities and people to the larger towns. Apart from the town of Virrat itself, the administratively defined municipality is largely rural, and includes the villages of Äijänneva, Härkönen Jäähdyspohja, Killinkoski, Koro, Kotala, Kurjenkylä, Liedenpohja, Ohtola, Vaskuu, and Vaskivesi. Major lakes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkano
Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located north of Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. The population of Parkano is () and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water (). The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Transport The private coach company OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Parkano. Notable people The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "the baron of Parkano", Gustav Wrede af Elimä. * 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 Toni Rajala (born March 29, 1991) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward for EHC Biel of the National League (NL). He was drafted 101st overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Rajala began playing juni ... (born 1991) Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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