Parkano

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City in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Parkano in Finland

Coordinates: 62°00.5′N 023°01.5′E / 62.0083°N 23.0250°E / 62.0083; 23.0250Country

FinlandRegionPirkanmaaSub-regionNorth Western PirkanmaaCharter1867Government

• City managerJari HeiniluomaArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total909.67 km² (351.23 sq mi) • Land853.19 km² (329.42 sq mi) • Water57.5 km² (22.2 sq mi) • Rank90th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total6,123 • Rank153rd largest in Finland • Density7.18/km² (18.6/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish96.8% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others3%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1413.7% • 15 to 6453% • 65 or older33.3%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.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 6,123 (December 31, 2023)^[2] and the municipality covers an area of 853.19 km² (329.42 sq mi) of which 57.50 km² (22.20 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2018).^[1] The population density is 7.18/km² (18.6/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Transport

The private coach company OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Parkano.

Districts

Keskusta
Kairokoski / Haapanen
Viinikka
Kallio
Pahkala
Vatunen
Pentti
Kissakivi
Haukkala

Notable people

The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "baron of Parkano", Gustaf Wrede af Elimä [fi] (1853-1939)
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

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.