Lempäälä
Lempäälä (Finnish: [ˈlempæːlæ]; Swedish also Lembois) is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland with 24,163 inhabitants (31 December 2021).[2] Lempäälä is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of 307.06 square kilometres (118.56 sq mi) of which 37.51 km2 (14.48 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 89.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (232.2/sq mi).
Lempäälä | |
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Municipality | |
| Lempäälän kunta Lempäälä kommun | |
Aerial view of Lempäälä | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Lempäälä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°19′N 023°45′E / 61.317°N 23.750°ECoordinates: 61°19′N 023°45′E / 61.317°N 23.750°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Tampere sub-region |
| Charter | 1866 |
| Government | |
| • Municipality manager | Heidi Rämö |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 307.06 km2 (118.56 sq mi) |
| • Land | 269.56 km2 (104.08 sq mi) |
| • Water | 37.51 km2 (14.48 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 241st largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 24,163 |
| • Rank | 44th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 89.64/km2 (232.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.4% |
| • Others | 1.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 22.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.8% |
| • 65 or older | 16.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% |
| Website | www.lempaala.fi |
The municipality center of Lempäälä is situated on an isthmus between the lakes Vanajavesi and Pyhäjärvi which are connected by the Kuokkalankoski rapids and the canal of Lempäälä that was built during the 1870s and is still in use.
The first written account of the parish of Lempäälä is from 1430. The oldest building of the town is a medieval church named after Saint Birgitta and was built in 1504.[6] The only remaining article from medieval times in the church is a wooden crucifix carved out of birch.
Finnish novelist Yrjö Kokko lived in Lempäälä, and is buried in the graveyard.
Ideapark, the second largest shopping mall in Nordic countries, is located in Lempäälä along the Helsinki–Tampere motorway (E12).
Kuokkala
Kuokkala is a neighbourhood to the north of Lempäälä town which houses a ’museoraitti’ (museum trail). Several buildings now house collections of historical items, including a shop museum (also a shop and information office), hairdressers & barbers, cobblers, WW2 memorabilia, household equipment, blacksmiths, carpenters, a 19th-century Finnish dwelling, and a special exhibit relating to the ex-Finnish region of Sakkola.[7]
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Lempäälä is twinned with:
- Ulricehamn, Sweden
- Øvre Eiker, Norway
- Kerteminde, Denmark
- Tapolca, Hungary
See also
- Nokia, Finland
- Pirkkala
- Puntala-rock, a punk rock festival
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Pyhä Birgitta määräsi kirkon paikan – Lempäälän kunta 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Leaflet about Kuokkalan museoraitti published by museum.
External links
Media related to Lempäälä at Wikimedia Commons
- – Official site