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Ikaalinen (Finnish: [ˈikɑːlinen]; Swedish: Ikalis) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, located 55 kilometres (34 mi) northwest of Tampere. The town has a population of 6,781 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 843.40 square kilometres (325.64 sq mi) of which 93.16 km2 (35.97 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (23.4/sq mi).
Ikaalinen
Ikalis | |
|---|---|
City | |
| Ikaalisten kaupunki Ikalis stad | |
 Ikaalinen Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Ikaalinen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°46′N 023°04′E / 61.767°N 23.067°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | North Western Pirkanmaa |
| Charter | 1858 |
| City rights | 1977 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Eeva Viitanen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 843.40 km2 (325.64 sq mi) |
| • Land | 750.48 km2 (289.76 sq mi) |
| • Water | 93.16 km2 (35.97 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 111th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,781 |
| • Rank | 134th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 9.04/km2 (23.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 4.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53.8% |
| • 65 or older | 32.4% |
| Time zone | UTC 02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC 03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 39500 |
| Website | ikaalinen |
The municipalities next to it are Hämeenkyrö, Jämijärvi, Kankaanpää, Parkano, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Ikaalinen is known for Ikaalinen Spa, Sata-Häme Soi and Toivolansaari Camping.
The Seitseminen national park is partly located in the municipality.
S. Albert Kivinen, a writer and associate professor of philosophy of the University of Helsinki, is a native of Ikaalinen and his story Keskiyön Mato Ikaalisissa ("The Midnight Worm in Ikaalinen") is set there.
Ikaalinen became an independent municipality in 1641. The associated market town was founded in 1858. The market town and the municipality were united in 1972 and Ikaalinen became a town in 1977.
The centre of Ikaalinen is on lake Kyrösjärvi near the highway 3 (E12).
Transport
editThe private coach company OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Ikaalinen.
Notable people
edit- Sulo Aittoniemi, congressman
- Outi Borgenström, sportsperson (orienteering)
- Oskar Gripenberg, general
- Edvard Gylling, politician (SDP, SKP), statistician
- S. Albert Kivinen, philosopher
- Jarmo Kujanpää, sportsperson (football)
- Kalervo Kurkiala, chaplain (1931–38)
- Matti Pitkänen, sportsperson (cross country skiing)
- Krista Pärmäkoski, sportsperson (cross country skiing)
- Samuli Samuelsson, sportsperson (sprinter)
- Bertel Strömmer, architect
See also
edit- Nokia, another spa town in the Pirkanmaa region
References
edit- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
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Media related to Ikaalinen at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Ikaalinen – Official website