Country Finland Time zone EET (UTC+2) Local time Monday 2:46 AM | Charter 1866 Municipal tax rate 20% Region Pirkanmaa | |
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Sub-region Southeast Pirkanmaa sub-region Area rank 152nd largest in Finland Weather -3°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 93% Humidity | ||
Pälkäne is a municipality of Finland.
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Pälkäne is in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,682 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 560.48 square kilometres (216.40 sq mi) of which 177.65 km2 (68.59 sq mi) is water. The population density is 11.92 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.9/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
From start of year 2007 Palkäne and Luopioinen were merged to a new municipality of Pälkäne.
The lakes Pälkänevesi and Kukkia and parts of the lakes Mallasvesi and Roine are situated in Pälkäne. Of these Kukkia is situated in the area of the former municipality of Luopioinen.
References
Pälkäne Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA