Pirkkala
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Harri Hedman, CC BY 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rahola and Villilä.
Rahola
Suburb
Rahola is a district in Tampere, Finland. The area is located on northern shore of Pyhäjärvi lake, south of the Tampere–Pori railway. The area has been inhabited since medieval times. Rahola is situated 3½ km north of Pirkkala.
Villilä
Suburb
Photo: PtG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villilä is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Pirkkala.
Ristimäki
Suburb
Photo: Harri Hedman, CC BY 3.0.
Ristimäki is a neighbourhood in the city of Tampere, Finland, It is bordered on the north by Tohloppi, on the east by Epilänharju, on the west by Tesomajärvi and on the south by the Tampere-Pori railway. Ristimäki is situated 4½ km north of Pirkkala.
Pirkkala
- Categories: municipality of Finland and locality
- Location: Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finnish Lakeland, Finland, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
61.4661° or 61° 27′ 58″ northLongitude
23.6463° or 23° 38′ 47″ eastPopulation
19,800Elevation
101 metres (331 feet)IATA airport code
TMPUnited Nations Location Code
FI PIROpen location code
9GH5FJ8W+FGOpenStreetMap ID
node 30969757OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
641489Wikidata ID
Q853628
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Welsh—“Pirkkala” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Pirkkala”
- Asturian: “conceyu de Pirkkala”
- Asturian: “Pirkkala (conceyu de Finlandia)”
- Asturian: “Pirkkala”
- Belarusian: “Піркала”
- Catalan: “Pirkkala”
- Cebuano: “Pirkkala”
- Chinese: “南皮尔卡拉”
- Chinese: “皮尔卡拉”
- Chinese: “皮爾卡拉”
- Danish: “Birkala”
- Dutch: “Pirkkala”
- Eastern Mari: “Пирккала”
- Esperanto: “Pirkkala”
- Estonian: “Pirkkala vald”
- Finnish: “Birkala”
- Finnish: “Etelä-Pirkkala”
- Finnish: “Pirkkala”
- Finnish: “Pirkkalan kunta”
- French: “Birkala”
- French: “Pirkkala”
- Galician: “Pirkkala”
- Georgian: “პირკალა”
- German: “Birkala”
- German: “Etelä-Pirkkala”
- German: “Pirkkala”
- Greek: “Μπίρκαλα”
- Greek: “Πίρκκαλα”
- Hungarian: “Pirkkala”
- Icelandic: “Birkala”
- Inari Sami: “Pirkkala”
- Irish: “Pirkkala”
- Italian: “Birkala”
- Italian: “Pirkkala”
- Japanese: “ピルッカラ”
- Kildin Sami: “Пирккала”
- Korean: “피르칼라”
- Lithuanian: “Pirkala”
- Livvi: “Pirkkala”
- Lombard: “Pirkkala”
- Lule Sami: “Pirkkala”
- Northern Sami: “Pirkkala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Birkala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Etelä-Pirkkala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pirkkala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Södra Birkala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sødra Birkala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Birkala”
- Norwegian: “Birkala”
- Persian: “پیرکالا”
- Pite Sami: “Pirkkala”
- Polish: “Pirkkala”
- Portuguese: “Pirkkala”
- Romanian: “Pirkkala”
- Russian: “Пирккала”
- Scots: “Pirkkala”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Pirkkala”
- Skolt Sami: “Pirkkala”
- Slovenian: “Pirkkala”
- Southern Sami: “Pirkkala”
- Spanish: “Pirkkala”
- Swedish: “Birkala”
- Swedish: “Etelä-Pirkkala”
- Swedish: “Pirkkala”
- Tagalog: “Birkala”
- Tagalog: “Pirkkala”
- Turkish: “Pirkkala”
- Ukrainian: “Пірккала”
- Ume Sami: “Pirkkala”
- Vietnamese: “Pirkkala”
- Welsh: “Pirkkala”
- “Pirkkala”
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