Pirkanmaa

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaan maakunta Birkalands landskap
—  Region  —
Coat of arms
Pirkanmaa on a map of Finland
Country	Finland
Historical province	Satakunta, Häme
Area
• Total	14,469.39 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 flower	Bird Cherry (Prunus padus)
Website	pirkanmaa.fi

Pirkanmaa (Swedish: Birkaland), or the Tampere Region (official English name), is a region of Finland. It borders on the regions of Satakunta, Tavastia Proper, Päijänne Tavastia, Southern Ostrobothnia and Central Finland.

As the name implies, the city of Tampere is the regional centre.

Historical provinces

For history, geography and culture, see Tavastia (historical province) and Satakunta (historical province).

Municipalities

Main article: Municipalities of Pirkanmaa

Pirkanmaa includes 22 municipalities of which 11 have city status. The cities are marked in bold in the following list.

Alphabetical list of 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

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Pirkanmaa:

• National Coalition Party 22.3%
• Social Democratic Party 21.6%
• True Finns 21.1%
• Centre Party 10.4%
• Left Alliance 8.3%
• Green League 8.3%
• Christian Democrats 5.0%

External links

• Pirkanmaa