page_title: Pirkanmaa
section_title: Municipalities
hierarchical_section_title: Pirkanmaa / Municipalities
caption_attribution_description: English: Tammerkoski in Tampere, Finland from air Suomi: Tammerkoski ilmasta
context_page_description: Pirkanmaa, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Its total population is the second largest among Finland's regions after Uusimaa.
context_section_description: The region of Pirkanmaa is made up of 22 municipalities, of which 12 have city status (marked in bold).
  
  
   
  North Western Pirkanmaa sub-region:
  Hämeenkyrö (10,538)
  Ikaalinen (7,353)
  Kihniö (2,149)
  Parkano (6,975)
  Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region:
  Juupajoki (2,041)
  Mänttä-Vilppula (11,306)
  Orivesi (9,582)
  Ruovesi (4,939)
  Virrat (7,453)
   
  Southern Pirkanmaa sub-region:
  Akaa (17,129)
  Urjala (5,242)
  Valkeakoski (21,175)
  South Western Pirkanmaa sub-region:
  Punkalaidun (2,893)
  Sastamala (24,474)
   
  Tampere sub-region:
  Kangasala (30,206)
  Lempäälä (20,955)
  Nokia (32,402)
  Pirkkala (18,984)
  Pälkäne (3,232)
  Tampere (219,624)
  Vesilahti (4,414)
  Ylöjärvi (31,521)
caption: Tampere, the capital city of the Pirkanmaa region.
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