Pirkanmaa

Pirkanmaa, Birkaland in Swedish, or the Tampere Region (official English name), is a region ("maakunta" / "landskap") 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.

Infobox_Maakunta
name=Pirkanmaa
name_fin=Pirkanmaan maakunta
name_swe=Birkalands landskap
isocode=|nutscode=192
capital=|province=Western Finland
historical=Satakunta, Häme
arearank=Not ranked|area=14,292|areapercent=
population_as_of=-|populationrank=Not ranked
population=453,978|populationpercent=|populationdensity=37.0
bird=White Wagtail ("Motacilla alba")|fish=Asp ("Aspius aspius")|flower=Bird Cherry ("Prunus padus")

Historical Provinces

"For History, Geography and Culture see: Tavastia and Satakunta"

Regional Council

"Main article: Pirkanmaa Regional Council"

Municipalities

"Main article: Municipalities of Pirkanmaa"

Pirkanmaa includes 28 municipalities of which 11 have township status.

Alphabetical list of municipalities in Pirkanmaa:

*Akaa *Hämeenkyrö *Ikaalinen *Juupajoki *Kangasala *Kihniö *Kuhmalahti *Kuru *Kylmäkoski *Lempäälä *Mouhijärvi *Mänttä *Nokia *Orivesi

*Pirkkala *Parkano *Punkalaidun *Pälkäne *Ruovesi *Tampere *Urjala *Valkeakoski *Vammala *Vesilahti *Vilppula *Virrat *Ylöjärvi *Äetsä

Heraldry

"Main article: Heraldry of Pirkanmaa"

External links

* [http://www.pirkanmaa.fi/english/ Pirkanmaa]