Pirkanmaa

Pirkanmaa (Swadish: Birkaland), or the Tampere Region (offeecial Inglis name), is a region o Finland. It borders on the regions o Satakunta, Tavastie Proper, Päijänne Tavastie, Soothren Ostrobothnie an Central Finland.

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaan maakunta Birkalands landskap
Region
Coat airms
Pirkanmaa on a map o Finland
Kintra	Finland
Historical province	Satakunta, Häme
Govrenment
• Regional Mayor	Esa Halme
Area
• Total	14469.39 km2 (5,586.66 sq mi)
Population  (2009)
• Total	477,000
• Density	33/km2 (85/sq mi)
NUTS	192
Regional bird	White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Regional fish	Asp (Aspius aspius)
Regional flouer	Bird Cherry (Prunus padus)
Website	pirkanmaa.fi

As the name implies, the ceety o Tampere is the regional centre.

Historical provinces

For history, geography an cultur, see Tavastie (historical province) an Satakunta (historical province).

Municipalities

Main airticle: Municipalities o Pirkanmaa

Pirkanmaa includes 22 municipalities o which 11 hae ceety status. The ceeties are marked in bauld in the follaein leet.

Alphabetical leet o municipalities in Pirkanmaa:

Akaa Hämeenkyrö Ikaalinen Juupajoki Kangasala Kihniö Lempäälä Mänttä-Vilppula Nokia Orivesi Pirkkala

Parkano Punkalaidun Pälkäne Ruovesi Sastamala Tampere Urjala Valkeakoski Vesilahti Virrat Ylöjärvi

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Pirkanmaa at Wikimedia Commons

• Pirkanmaa Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine