Country Finland Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 909.8 km² Region Pirkanmaa | Charter 1867 Municipal tax rate 20.5% Local time Thursday 1:57 PM | |
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Sub-region Luoteis-Pirkanmaa sub-region Area rank 90th largest in Finland Weather 3°C, Wind W at 27 km/h, 55% Humidity | ||
Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.
Map of 39700 Parkano, 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) 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, 2016). 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.
References
Parkano Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA