Pirkanmaa

Pirkanmaa

Pirkanmaa, Birkaland in Swedish, or the Tampere Region (official English name), is a region ("maakunta" / "landskap") of Finland. It borders on the regions of Satakunta, Tavastia Proper, Päijänne Tavastia, Southern Ostrobothnia and Central Finland.

As the name implies, the city of Tampere is the regional centre.

Infobox_Maakunta
name=Pirkanmaa
name_fin=Pirkanmaan maakunta
name_swe=Birkalands landskap
isocode=|nutscode=192
capital=|province=Western Finland
historical=Satakunta, Häme
arearank=Not ranked|area=14,292|areapercent=
population_as_of=-|populationrank=Not ranked
population=453,978|populationpercent=|populationdensity=37.0
bird=White Wagtail ("Motacilla alba")|fish=Asp ("Aspius aspius")|flower=Bird Cherry ("Prunus padus")


Historical Provinces

"For History, Geography and Culture see: Tavastia and Satakunta"

Regional Council

"Main article: Pirkanmaa Regional Council"

Municipalities

"Main article: Municipalities of Pirkanmaa"

Pirkanmaa includes 28 municipalities of which 11 have township status.

Alphabetical list of municipalities in Pirkanmaa:


*Akaa
*Hämeenkyrö
*Ikaalinen
*Juupajoki
*Kangasala
*Kihniö
*Kuhmalahti
*Kuru
*Kylmäkoski
*Lempäälä
*Mouhijärvi
*Mänttä
*Nokia
*Orivesi

*Pirkkala
*Parkano
*Punkalaidun
*Pälkäne
*Ruovesi
*Tampere
*Urjala
*Valkeakoski
*Vammala
*Vesilahti
*Vilppula
*Virrat
*Ylöjärvi
*Äetsä

Heraldry

"Main article: Heraldry of Pirkanmaa"

External links

* [http://www.pirkanmaa.fi/english/ Pirkanmaa]


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