Parkano

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Parkano
City
Parkano by night
Parkano by night
Coat of arms of Parkano
Coat of arms
Location of Parkano in Finland
Location of Parkano in Finland
Country  Finland
Region Pirkanmaa
Sub-region Luoteis-Pirkanmaa sub-region
Charter 1867
Government
 • City manager Jarkko Malmberg
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 909.66 km2 (351.22 sq mi)
 • Land 852.16 km2 (329.02 sq mi)
 • Water 57.5 km2 (22.2 sq mi)
Area rank 123rd largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 6,755
 • Rank 149th largest in Finland
 • Density 7.93/km2 (20.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.3% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 1.6%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 14.9%
 • 15 to 64 62.8%
 • 65 or older 22.3%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.5%
Website www.parkano.fi

Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.

It is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Tampere in the province of Western Finland, and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The population of Parkano is 6,755 (March 31, 2016)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 852.16 km2 (329.02 sq mi) of which 57.50 km2 (22.20 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2011).[1] The population density is 7.93/km2 (20.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "the baron of Parkano", Gustav Wrede af Elimä.[who?]

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External links

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File:Parkanon kirkko.jpg
Parkano church was built in 1800 and the bell tower in front of it in 1889. Lightning struck the church on Midsummer's Day in 1928, killing four people.

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