Parkano
Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.
Parkano | |
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City | |
Parkanon kaupunki Parkano stad | |
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![]() Location of Parkano in Finland | |
Coordinates: 62°00.5′N 023°01.5′E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Sub-region | North Western Pirkanmaa |
Charter | 1867 |
Government | |
• City manager | Jari Heiniluoma |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 909.67 km2 (351.23 sq mi) |
• Land | 852.16 km2 (329.02 sq mi) |
• Water | 57.5 km2 (22.2 sq mi) |
• Rank | 90th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
• Total | 6,236 |
• Rank | 151st largest in Finland |
• Density | 7.32/km2 (19.0/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 98.3% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 1.6% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 13.7% |
• 15 to 64 | 53% |
• 65 or older | 33.3% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.parkano.fi |
It is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. The population of Parkano is 6,236 (February 28, 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 7.32/km2 (19.0/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.
Notable people
The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "the baron of Parkano", Gustav Wrede af Elimä.
- Signe Brander (1869–1942)
- Yrjö Pulkkinen (1875–1945)
- Walto Tuomioja (1888–1931)
- Kari Asikainen (born 1939)
- Kai Suikkanen (born 1959)
- Saija Varjus (born 1965)
- Johanna Lehtinen (born 1979)
- Toni Rajala (born 1991)
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- "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.
External links
Media related to Parkano at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Parkano – Official website
- Photos Parkano Church
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