Pälkäne

Pälkäne (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpælkæne]) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,344 (26 October 2023)[2] and covers an area of 738.15 square kilometres (285.00 sq mi) of which 177.65 km2 (68.59 sq mi).[1] The population density is 11.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.3/sq mi). Onkkaala is the administrative center of the municipality. Tampere is located 38 kilometres (24 mi) northwest of the center of Pälkäne.

Pälkäne
Municipality
Pälkäneen kunta
Pälkäne kommun
Ruins of the medieval church in Pälkäne
Ruins of the medieval church in Pälkäne
Coat of arms of Pälkäne
Coat of arms
Location of Pälkäne in Finland
Location of Pälkäne in Finland
Coordinates: 61°20.3′N 024°16′E
Country Finland
RegionPirkanmaa
Sub-regionTampere sub-region
Charter1866
SeatOnkkaala
Government
 • Municipal managerPauliina Pikka
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total738.15 km2 (285.00 sq mi)
 • Land560.49 km2 (216.41 sq mi)
 • Water177.65 km2 (68.59 sq mi)
 • Rank152nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-10-26)[2]
 • Total6,344
 • Rank149th largest in Finland
 • Density11.32/km2 (29.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish96.6% (official)
 • Swedish0.4%
 • Others3%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1414.5%
 • 15 to 6455.9%
 • 65 or older29.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.palkane.fi

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Many people from Helsinki and the surrounding cities own summer cottages and residences in Pälkäne, making the small town very busy during summer vacation seasons. Pälkäne is a very popular summer vacation resort given its diverse services, high-quality swimming beach, beautiful nature and close location to big cities. From start of year 2007 Pälkäne and Luopioinen were merged to a new municipality of Pälkäne.

Geography

Nature
Kostianvirta flows through Pälkäne

The landscape of Pälkäne is dominated by several lakes, the largest of which are Lake Mallasvesi on the west side of Onkkaala and Lake Pälkänevesi on its east side, as well as Lake Roine on the Kangasala side and Lake Ilmoilanselkä on the Hauho (Hämeenlinna) side. Lake Kukkia is situated in the area of the former municipality of Luopioinen. In the western part of Pälkäne, Roine and Mallasvesi are separated by the rather large island of Hausalo.[5]

The Kostianvirta River, which belongs part to the drainage basin of the Kokemäki River, flows between Lake Pälkänevesi and Lake Mallasvesi.[6] As the average water level of both lakes is about 84 meters above sea level, the flow direction of Kostianvirta sometimes changes, especially due to the spring meltwater.[7]

Villages
  • Äimälä
  • Aitoo
  • Ämmätsä
  • Epaala
  • Evinsalo
  • Haltia
  • Harhala
  • Huhtioinen
  • Huntila
  • Kaitamo
  • Kajantila
  • Kankahainen
  • Kantokylä
  • Kantola
  • Kärväntälä
  • Karviala
  • Kaukkala
  • Kinnala
  • Kirpu
  • Kollola
  • Kotila
  • Kouvala
  • Kuisema
  • Kukkola
  • Kuohijoki
  • Kuuliala
  • Kyynärö
  • Laitikkala
  • Lemmettylä
  • Lovensalo
  • Luikala
  • Luopioinen
  • Mälkilä
  • Mällinoja
  • Miemola
  • Mustilahti
  • Myttäälä
  • Okerla
  • Oksala
  • Onkkaala
  • Padankoski
  • Pappila
  • Pitkäjärvi
  • Pohjalahti
  • Puutikkala
  • Rautajärvi
  • Ruokola
  • Ruotsila
  • Sairiala
  • Salmentaka
  • Sappee
  • Säynäjärvi
  • Seitsye
  • Tauriala
  • Tausti
  • Tommola
  • Töyräniemi
  • Vahdermetsä
  • Vuolijoki

Culture
A former coat of arms of Pälkäne

Food

In the 1980s, Pälkäne's traditional parish dishes were called local sweetened potato casserole called tuuvinki, salted bream, slowly smoked meat, Tavastian limppu bread called varikoinen,[8] sweet sahti, and plum kissel.[9]

People

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. Hannu Tarmio, Pentti Papunen & Kalevi Korpela): Suomenmaa 6: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos, p. 337–341. Porvoo-Helsinki: WSOY, 1976. ISBN 951-0-06465-3. (in Finnish)
  6. Kostianvirta - Maanmittauslaitos (in Finnish)
  7. Mäntylä, Jorma (2004). "Sarsan maisema mullistui yhdessä yössä". Tiede (in Finnish). Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  8. Kansallisruuat - Kangasalan Sanomat (in Finnish)
  9. Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 74. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky, 1988. (in Finnish)

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