Parkano

Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.

Parkano
City
Parkanon kaupunki
Parkano stad
Parkano by night
Coat of arms of Parkano
Coat of arms
Location of Parkano in Finland
Location of Parkano in Finland
Coordinates: 62°00.5′N 023°01.5′E
Country Finland
RegionPirkanmaa
Sub-regionNorth Western Pirkanmaa
Charter1867
Government
 • City managerJari Heiniluoma
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total909.67 km2 (351.23 sq mi)
 • Land852.16 km2 (329.02 sq mi)
 • Water57.5 km2 (22.2 sq mi)
 • Rank90th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-19)[2]
 • Total6,152
 • Rank152nd largest in Finland
 • Density7.22/km2 (18.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97.5% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others2.4%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1413.7%
 • 15 to 6453%
 • 65 or older33.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.parkano.fi

It is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. The population of Parkano is 6,152 (September 19, 2023)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 852.16 km2 (329.02 sq mi) of which 57.50 km2 (22.20 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2018).[1] The population density is 7.22/km2 (18.7/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Parkano church was built in 1800 and the bell tower in front of it in 1889. Lightning struck the church on Midsummer's Day in 1928, killing four people.

Transport

The private coach company OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Parkano.

Notable people

The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "the baron of Parkano", Gustav Wrede af Elimä.

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,587,841 at the end of August 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 30 September 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.

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