Pirkkala


Pirkkala is a municipality of Finland.
It is located some south-west from Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is. Pirkkala is currently the fastest-growing municipality in the Pirkanmaa region.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is located in southwest Pirkkala. The most significant main road in Pirkkala is Tampere Ring Road.

History

The former parish of Suur-Pirkkala is mentioned in historical writings from the 14th century. It occupied over half of Pirkanmaa, a region nowadays populated by about 360,000 inhabitants. Suur-Pirkkala began to split when new parishes and municipalities were founded. In 1922 the remains of Suur-Pirkkala were split into Pohjois- and Etelä-Pirkkala. In 1938 the name of Northern Pirkkala was changed to Nokia and Southern Pirkkala reverted to its original name.
The present-day region of Pirkanmaa is named after Pirkkala.

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Pirkkala is twinned with: