Hämeenkyrö
Hämeenkyrö (Swedish: Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Tampere. The municipality has a population of 10,382 (31 July 2020)[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 22.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (58.0/sq mi).
Hämeenkyrö
Tavastkyro | |
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Municipality | |
| Hämeenkyrön kunta Tavastkyro kommun | |
 The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate Frans Emil Sillanpää | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Hämeenkyrö in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°38′N 023°12′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Tampere sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Antero Alenius |
| Area (2018-01-01)[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 | 187th largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-07-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,382 |
| • Rank | 93rd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 22.39/km2 (58.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 0.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 18% |
| • 15 to 64 | 63.8% |
| • 65 or older | 18.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% |
| Website | www.hameenkyro.fi |
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People
- Taavetti Kalliokorpi (1869–1949), Finnish farmer and politician
- Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964), Finnish writer, Nobel Laureate in Literature
- Arvo Tuominen (1894–1981), Finnish journalist, politician and author
- Iivari Yrjölä (1899–1985), Finnish athlete
- Paavo Yrjölä (1902–1980), Finnish track and field athlete
- Matti Yrjölä (born 1938), Finnish shot putter
- Mirja Ojanen (born 1967), Finnish ski-orienteering competitor
- Hans Osara (c.1560–1601), Finnish lieutenant at the Cudgel War
- Ilkka Tuomisto (born 1984), Finnish Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
- Jyri Niemi (born 1990), Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "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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