Hämeenkyrö
| Hämeenkyrö Hämeenkyrö – Tavastkyro |
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| Hämeenkyrön kunta Tavastkyro kommun |
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| The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate Frans Emil Sillanpää
The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate Frans Emil Sillanpää
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| Location of Hämeenkyrö in Finland Location of Hämeenkyrö in Finland |
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| Country |  Finland |
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| Region | Pirkanmaa | |
| Sub-region | Northwestern Pirkanmaa sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipality manager | Antero Alenius | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 505.10 km2 (195.02 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 463.76 km2 (179.06 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 230th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 10,693 | |
| • Rank | 100th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 23.06/km2 (59.7/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 99% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 0.9% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 18% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 63.8% | |
| • 65 or older | 18.2% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% | |
| Website | www.hameenkyro.fi | |
Hämeenkyrö (Swedish: Tavastkyro) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 10,693 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 505.10 square kilometres (195.02 sq mi) of which 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 23.06 inhabitants per square kilometre (59.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, a famous Hämeenkyrian and a Nobel Laureate in Literature, was born in Hämeenkyrö.
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Hämeenkyrö – Official website
- Arteles International Artist in Residency Program
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