Parkano is a

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and

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. It is located north of

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 o ...

in the

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 Sou ...

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. 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

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Transport

The private

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company

OnniBus OnniBus.com is a Finnish express coach operator. It commenced operating in 2011. History In 2011, OnniBus was founded by Pekka Möttö, Lauri Helke, Petteri Rantala and Pertti Möttö. In May 2014, Brian Souter's Highland Global Transport p ...

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 Signe Viola Brander (15 April 1869 – 17 May 1942) was a Finnish photographer. She is best known for documenting the changing cityscapes of Helsinki and the everyday lives of the city's inhabitants in the early 20th century. Early life Brande ...

(1869–1942) *

Yrjö Pulkkinen Yrjö Rafael Pulkkinen (1 April 1875 – 4 February 1945) was a Finnish lawyer and politician, who was born in Parkano. He was a member of the National Coalition Party. He served as Minister of Finance in Lauri Ingman's second cabinet (31 May 192 ...

(1875–1945) *

Walto Tuomioja Walto Wihtori Tuomioja (7 March 1888, in Parkano – 2 October 1931) was a Finnish lawyer, journalist and politician. At first active in the Young Finnish Party, he was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1924 to 1929 and again from 193 ...

(1888–1931) *

Kari Asikainen Kari Aaro Juhani Asikainen (born 24 October 1939 in Parkano, Finland) is a Finnish interior designer and former professor of Industrial Furniture Design at MUOVA, the Design Centre of Western Finland in Vaasa, 1988–1994. He also taught at Unive ...

(born 1939) *

Kai Suikkanen Kai Petri Suikkanen (born June 29, 1959)Kai Suikkanen
Elite Hockey Prospects is a retired Finni ...

(born 1959) *

Saija Varjus Saija Varjus (born 30 January 1965 in Parkano) is a Finnish popular musician. She was chosen the "Tango Queen" 1996 in the Tangomarkkinat festival in Seinäjoki. This was her second attempt: she had competed in 1993 but only reached as far as the ...

(born 1965) *

Johanna Lehtinen Johanna Maria Lehtinen (née Risku, born 21 February 1979 in Parkano) is a Finnish athlete who specialises in the middle distance events. She competed at the 2005 World Championships in the 1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typ ...

(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)

References

External links

Town of Parkano
– Official website
Photos Parkano Church
Cities and towns in Finland Municipalities of Pirkanmaa Populated places established in 1867 {{WesternFinland-geo-stub