Hämeenkyrö

Hämeenkyrö (Swedish: Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Tampere. The municipality has a population of 10,382 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 505.10 square kilometres (195.02 sq mi) of which 41.34 km² (15.96 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 22.39 inhabitants per square kilometre (58.0/sq mi).

Hämeenkyrö Tavastkyro
Municipality
Hämeenkyrön kunta Tavastkyro kommun
The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate Frans Emil Sillanpää
Coat of arms
Location of Hämeenkyrö in Finland
Coordinates: 61°38′N 023°12′E
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Tampere sub-region
Government
• Municipality manager	Antero Alenius
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	505.10 km^2 (195.02 sq mi)
• Land	463.76 km^2 (179.06 sq mi)
• Water	41.34 km^2 (15.96 sq mi)
Area rank	187th largest in Finland
Population  (2020-07-31)[2]
• Total	10,382
• Rank	93rd largest in Finland
• Density	22.39/km^2 (58.0/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	99% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	0.9%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	18%
• 15 to 64	63.8%
• 65 or older	18.2%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	20%
Website	www.hameenkyro.fi

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People

• Taavetti Kalliokorpi (1869–1949), Finnish farmer and politician
• Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888–1964), Finnish writer, Nobel Laureate in Literature
• Arvo Tuominen (1894–1981), Finnish journalist, politician and author
• Iivari Yrjölä (1899–1985), Finnish athlete
• Paavo Yrjölä (1902–1980), Finnish track and field athlete
• Matti Yrjölä (born 1938), Finnish shot putter
• Mirja Ojanen (born 1967), Finnish ski-orienteering competitor
• Hans Osara (c.1560–1601), Finnish lieutenant at the Cudgel War
• Ilkka Tuomisto (born 1984), Finnish Paralympic cross-country skier and biathlete
• Jyri Niemi (born 1990), Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. "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.
4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

Media related to Hämeenkyrö at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Hämeenkyrö – Official website
• Arteles International Artist in Residency Program