Tampere metropolitan area or Tampere region ( fi, Tampereen seutu, sv, Tammerfors region) is the metropolitan area around the city of
Tampere in
Finland. The joint municipal authority of the Tampere city region ( fi, Tampereen kaupunkiseutu, sv, Tammerfors stadsregion) consists of eight municipalities: Tampere,
Kangasala,
Lempäälä
Lempäälä (; Swedish also ) is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland with inhabitants (). Lempäälä is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Th ...
,
Nokia,
Orivesi,
Pirkkala,
Vesilahti and
Ylöjärvi. The Tampere metropolitan area forms a compact, urban-like regional growth centre where people
commute
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* Commuting, the process of travelling between a place of residence and a place of work
Mathematics
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from a relatively large area of the
Pirkanmaa region.
The Tampere metropolitan area has a population of about , making it the second largest region in Finland after
Helsinki. The terms Tampere metropolitan area, Tampere region, Tampere city region, Greater Tampere and the other terms used are not fixed and may vary in different contexts.
Tampere metropolitan area differs from the
Tampere sub-region ( fi, Tampereen seutukunta), which also includes the municipalities of
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 ne ...
,
Kuhmoinen and
Pälkäne. The Tampere sub-region is used for
statistical
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purposes. It is based on cooperation between municipalities and the
commuting area. The sub-region has a population of about .
Public services
Public
transport in the Tampere area is managed by
Nysse
Transport in Tampere consists of car, bus, light rail and commuter rail services linking the city centre of Tampere, Finland to surrounding residential areas and towns in Pirkanmaa region. The system is managed by the Tampere Regional Transport ...
. In addition to Tampere, the service area includes Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Vesilahti and Ylöjärvi.
Valkeakoski
Valkeakoski (; lit. "white rapids") is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located south of Tampere, north of Hämeenlinna and north of Helsinki in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of
() and covers an area of of
wh ...
uses the ''Nyssen Ticketing system'', but transport is organized by the city of Valkeakoski and the Pirkanmaa
ELY-Centre.
Public
water services
The water industry provides drinking water and wastewater services (including sewage treatment) to residential, commercial, and industrial sectors of the economy. Typically public utilities operate water supply networks. The water industry doe ...
in the cities of Tampere and Pirkkala are managed by
Tampere Water. It also provides partial services in the municipalities of Nokia, Lempäälä, Kangasala and Ylöjärvi. Tampere Water is responsible for the supply, treatment and distribution of clean water, the construction and maintenance of networks, the transport of wastewater, rainwater and snowmelt, the maintenance of the sewerage system and the treatment of wastewater. Its activities are governed by licences, laws and regulations.
Joint municipial authority
The joint municipal authority of the Tampere city region organises the regional cooperation of the municipalities such as the regional planning of the municipal structure, the development of services and business cooperation.
The highest decision-making authority in the Tampere city region is exercised by the general assembly, which, among other things, elects the regional noard and approves the budget. The task of the 13-member regional board is to initiate cooperation projects and present regional solutions to the member municipalities. The regional board is supported by the municipal councils, whose task is to promote and participate in the preparation of issues in the municipalities. Issues are prepared in regional working groups such as land use and housing, transport, social services and infrastructure services.
Municipalities
See also
*
Helsinki metropolitan area
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' ...
*
Turku metropolitan area
References
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Tampere
Geography of Pirkanmaa