Lempäälä

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Municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland
Coat of arms of Lempäälä
Coat of arms
Location of Lempäälä in Finland
Location of Lempäälä in Finland
Coordinates: 61°19′N 023°45′E / 61.317°N 23.750°E / 61.317; 23.750Country FinlandRegionPirkanmaaSub-regionTampere sub-regionMetropolitan areaTampere metropolitan areaCharter1866Government
 • Municipality managerHeidi RämöArea
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total307.06 km2 (118.56 sq mi) • Land269.58 km2 (104.09 sq mi) • Water37.51 km2 (14.48 sq mi) • Rank241st largest in FinlandPopulation
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total24,711 • Rank42nd largest in Finland • Density91.66/km2 (237.4/sq mi)Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish96.5% (official) • Swedish0.3% • Others3.2%Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1422.3% • 15 to 6460.8% • 65 or older16.9%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.lempaala.fi

Lempäälä (Finnish: [ˈlempæːlæ]) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies south of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Lempäälä is approximately 25,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 417,000. It is the 42nd most populous municipality in Finland.

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 91.66 inhabitants per square kilometre (237.4/sq mi).

The centre of Lempäälä lies on an isthmus between Lakes Vanajavesi and Pyhäjärvi , which are connected by the Kuokkalankoski Rapids and the Lempäälä Canal, which was built in the 1870s and is still in use.

The first written reference to the parish of Lempäälä dates from 1430. The oldest building in the town is a medieval church named after Saint Birgitta, built in 1504.[6] The only surviving item from the Middle Ages in the church is a wooden crucifix carved from birch.

Finnish writer Yrjö Kokko lived in Lempäälä and is buried in the cemetery.

Ideapark, the second largest shopping centre in the 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]

Politics

In the 2023 parliamentary elections, Lempäälä voted as such:[8]

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Lempäälä is twinned with:

Villages

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ Pyhä Birgitta määräsi kirkon paikan – Lempäälän kunta Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Leaflet about Kuokkalan museoraitti published by museum.
  8. ^ "Lempäälä | Tulospalvelu | Eduskuntavaalit 2023 | yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-20.

External links

Media related to Lempäälä at Wikimedia Commons

  • Municipality of Lempäälä – Official site
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