Pirkkala

Pirkkala () is a municipality o Finland.

It is locatit some  sooth-wast frae Tampere in the province o Wastren Finland an is pairt o the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality haes a population o  () an covers an aurie o  o which  is watter. The population densitie is . Pirkkala is currently the fastest growin municipality in Pirkanmaa region.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is locatit in sooth-wast Pirkkala an is currently the seicont maist important internaitional airport in Finland efter Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.

History
The auld Suur-Pirkkala (Great-Pirkkala) is kent in auld writins frae 14t century, an it occupeed ower hauf o Pirkanmaa region nouadays populatit bi aboot 360,000 inhabitants. Suur-Pirkkala began tae split when new parishes an municipalities wur foondit. In the year 1922 the remainins o Suur-Pirkkala wur split intae Pohjois- an Etelä-Pirkkala (Northren an Soothren). In 1938 the name o Northren Pirkkala wis chyngit tae Nokia an Soothren Pirkkala restored its oreeginal Pirkkala name.

Present-day region o Pirkanmaa is named efter Pirkkala.

See an aw
 Birkarls

References

Freemit airtins

Municipality o Pirkkala – offeecial steid


Category:Municipalities o Pirkanmaa
Category:Populatit places established in 1922