Hämeenkyrö
Hämeenkyrö Hämeenkyrö – Tavastkyro | ||
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Municipality | ||
Hämeenkyrön kunta Tavastkyro kommun | ||
The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate Frans Emil Sillanpää | ||
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![]() Location of Hämeenkyrö in Finland | ||
Coordinates: 61°38′N 023°12′E / 61.633°N 23.200°ECoordinates: 61°38′N 023°12′E / 61.633°N 23.200°E | ||
Country | Finland | |
Region | Pirkanmaa | |
Sub-region | Northwestern Pirkanmaa sub-region | |
Government | ||
• Municipality manager | Antero Alenius | |
Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
• Total | 505.10 km2 (195.02 sq mi) | |
• Land | 463.76 km2 (179.06 sq mi) | |
• Water | 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi) | |
Area rank | 230th largest in Finland | |
Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 10,693 | |
• Rank | 100th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 23.06/km2 (59.7/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.1% | |
• Others | 0.9% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 18% | |
• 15 to 64 | 63.8% | |
• 65 or older | 18.2% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% | |
Website | www.hameenkyro.fi |
Hämeenkyrö (Swedish: Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 10,693 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 505.10 square kilometres (195.02 sq mi) of which 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 23.06 inhabitants per square kilometre (59.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, a famous Hämeenkyrian and a Nobel Laureate in Literature, was born in Hämeenkyrö.
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
Media related to Hämeenkyrö at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Hämeenkyrö – Official website
- Arteles International Artist in Residency Program
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