Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa, 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 Southwest Finland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tampere and Nokia.
Tampere
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Tampere is the third largest city in Finland with around 260,000 inhabitants, and around 410,000 in the metropolitan area. Located 170 km north of the Finnish coastal capital Helsinki, it is also the most populous inland town in the Nordic countries.
Nokia
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Nokia is a small city on the banks of the Nokianvirta River in Western Finland, some 15 km to the west of Tampere.
Valkeakoski
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Valkeakoski is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located 35 kilometres south of Tampere, 45 km north of Hämeenlinna and 150 km north of Helsinki in the Pirkanmaa region.
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Akaa
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Akaa is a municipality with three town centres in Pirkanmaa, Finland, as Toijala, Viiala and Kylmäkoski were consolidated in 2007–2011.
Ylöjärvi
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Ylöjärvi is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the west of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Ylöjärvi is approximately 34,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 425,000.
Ikaalinen
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Ikaalinen is a city and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, located 55 kilometres northwest of Tampere. The town has a population of 6,713 and covers an area of 843.40 square kilometres of which 93.16 km2 is water.
Sastamala
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Sastamala is a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. Its main centres are on the banks of the Kokemäenjoki River in Western Finland, some 50 km to the west of Tampere.
Parkano
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Parkano is a town in Pirkanmaa, Finland. In 2021, it had 6,300 residents. Parkano has various places to visit, nature experiences and events…
Kangasala
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Kangasala is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the east of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Kangasala is approximately 34,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 425,000.
Orivesi
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Orivesi is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the northeast of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Orivesi is approximately 9,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 425,000.
Lempäälä
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Lempäälä is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies south of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Lempäälä is approximately 25,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 425,000.
Virrat
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Virrat is a town and municipality of Finland. Part of the Pirkanmaa region, it is located 104 kilometres north of Tampere and 113 kilometres west of Jyväskylä.
Mänttä-Vilppula
Mänttä-Vilppula is a municipality with three town centres in Pirkanmaa, Finland. One of them, Mänttä, is a well-known art town.
Pirkkala
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Pirkkala is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Pirkkala is approximately 21,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 425,000.
Ruovesi
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Ruovesi is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland. The municipality has a population of 4,002 and covers an area of 950.16 square kilometres of which 173.97 km2 is water.
Urjala
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Urjala is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, near the town of Forssa. The municipality has a population of 4,495 and covers an area of 505.37 square kilometres of which 30.16 km2 is water.
Juupajoki
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Juupajoki is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 1,657, which makes it the least populous municipality in Pirkanmaa.
Hämeenkyrö
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Hämeenkyrö is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located 36 kilometres from Tampere. The municipality has a population of 10,351 and covers an area of 505.10 square kilometres of which 41.34 km2 is water.
Kihniö
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Kihniö is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the region of Pirkanmaa. The municipality has a population of 1,697 and covers an area of 390.50 square kilometres of which 33.39 km2 is water.
Punkalaidun
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Punkalaidun 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 2,595 and covers an area of 364.02 square kilometres of which 2.95 km2 is water.
Pälkäne
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Pälkäne is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,203 and covers an area of 738.15 square kilometres of which 177.65 km2.
Kuhmoinen
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Kuhmoinen is a municipality of Finland, in Pirkanmaa region, but until 2021, it was part of the Central Finland region. The municipality is home to 2,020 inhabitants.
Pirkanmaa
- Type: region of Finland with 529,000 residents
- Description: region of Finland
- Also known as: “Birkaland”, “Birkaria”, “Pirkanmaa region”, “Tammermaa”, “Tampere”, and “Tampere Region”
- Neighbors: Central Finland, Finland Proper, Päijänne Tavastia, Satakunta, Southern Ostrobothnia, and Tavastia Proper
- Location: Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Pirkanmaa” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Arabic: “بيركنما”
- Armenian: “Պիրկանմաա”
- Asturian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Azerbaijani: “Pirkanmaa”
- Azerbaijani: “Tampere region”
- Balinese: “Pirkanmaa”
- Basque: “Pirkanmaa”
- Belarusian: “Пірканмаа”
- Bengali: “পির্কানমা”
- Bosnian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Bulgarian: “Пирканма”
- Catalan: “Pirkanmaa”
- Cebuano: “Pirkanmaa”
- Chinese: “Pirkanmaa Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “皮尔坎马区”
- Chinese: “皮爾卡”
- Chinese: “皮爾卡區”
- Czech: “Pirkanmaa”
- Danish: “Birkaland”
- Danish: “Pirkanmaa”
- Dutch: “Birkaland”
- Dutch: “Pirkanmaa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “پيركانما”
- Esperanto: “Birkaland”
- Esperanto: “Birkaria”
- Esperanto: “Pirkanmaa”
- Estonian: “Pirkanmaa maakond”
- Estonian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Finnish: “Birkaland”
- Finnish: “Pirkanmaa”
- Finnish: “Pirkanmaan maakunta”
- Finnish: “Pirkanmaan Maakunta”
- Finnish: “Tammermaa”
- French: “Birkaland”
- French: “Pirkanmaa”
- Galician: “Pirkanmaa”
- Georgian: “პირკანმაა”
- German: “Birkaland”
- German: “Pirkanmaa”
- Greek: “Μπίρκαλαντ”
- Greek: “Περιοχή της Πίρκανμαα”
- Greek: “Περιοχή του Τάμπερε”
- Greek: “Πίρκανμαα”
- Gujarati: “પિર્કાનમા”
- Hebrew: “פירקאנמה”
- Hindi: “परकनमा”
- Hungarian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Icelandic: “Pirkanmaa”
- Inari Sami: “Pirkanmaa eennâmkodde”
- Inari Sami: “Pirkanmaa eennâmkodde”
- Indonesian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Indonesian: “Region Tampere”
- Irish: “Pirkanmaa”
- Italian: “Birkaland”
- Italian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Japanese: “ピルカンマー県”
- Japanese: “ピルカンマア県”
- Kannada: “ಪಿರ್ಕಾನ್ಮಾ”
- Komi-Permyak: “Пирканма”
- Korean: “피르칸마 지역”
- Kotava: “SuomiaPirkanmaaGola”
- Latin: “Birkaria”
- Latvian: “Pirkanmā”
- Lithuanian: “Pirkanma”
- Livvi: “Pirkanmuan muakundu”
- Lombard: “Pirkanmaa”
- Macedonian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Malay: “Pirkanmaa”
- Manx: “Pirkanmaa”
- Marathi: “पर्कमामा”
- Mazanderani: “پیرکانما ناحیه”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Pirkanmaa Tōa-khu”
- Northern Frisian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Northern Sami: “Pirkanmaa eanangoddi”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Birkaland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birkaland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pirkanmaa”
- Norwegian: “Birkaland”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Pirkanmaa”
- Ossetian: “Пирканмаа”
- Persian: “پیرکانما”
- Polish: “Pirkanmaa”
- Portuguese: “Birkaland”
- Portuguese: “Pirkanmaa”
- Romanian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Russian: “Пирканмаа”
- Santali: “ᱯᱤᱨᱠᱟᱱᱢᱟ”
- Scots: “Pirkanmaa”
- Serbian: “Пирканска земља”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Sinhala: “පර්කන්මා”
- Skolt Sami: “Pirkanmaa mäddkåʹdd”
- Skolt Sami: “Pirkanmaa”
- Slovak: “Pirkanmaa”
- Slovenian: “Pirkanmaa”
- Spanish: “Birkaland”
- Spanish: “Pirkanmaa”
- Spanish: “Región de Pirkanmaa”
- Swedish: “Birkaland”
- Swedish: “Landskapet Birkaland”
- Swedish: “Pirkanmaa”
- Tamil: “பிரகன்மா”
- Telugu: “పిర్కన్మా”
- Thai: “เพอคานมา”
- Turkish: “Pirkanmaa”
- Ukrainian: “Пірканмаа”
- Urdu: “پیرکانما”
- Vietnamese: “Pirkanmaa”
- Western Panjabi: “پرکانما”
- Wu Chinese: “皮尔卡区”
- Yue Chinese: “皮爾卡”
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