Pälkäne

Municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Pälkäne

Municipality

Pälkäneen kunta
Pälkäne kommun

Ruins of the medieval church in Pälkäne

Coat of arms

Location of Pälkäne in Finland

Coordinates: 61°20.3′N 024°16′E﻿ / ﻿61.3383°N 24.267°E﻿ / 61.3383; 24.267Coordinates: 61°20.3′N 024°16′E﻿ / ﻿61.3383°N 24.267°E﻿ / 61.3383; 24.267
Country|  Finland
Region| Pirkanmaa
Sub-region| Tampere sub-region
Charter| 1866
Seat| Onkkaala
Government

• Municipal manager| Pauliina Pikka
Area

(2018-01-01)[1]

• Total| 738.15 km2 (285.00 sq mi)
• Land| 560.49 km2 (216.41 sq mi)
• Water| 177.65 km2 (68.59 sq mi)
• Rank| 152nd largest in Finland
Population

(2023-02-28)[2]

• Total| 6,340
• Rank| 148th largest in Finland
• Density| 11.31/km2 (29.3/sq mi)
Population by native language

[3]

• Finnish| 98.8% (official)
• Swedish| 0.3%
• Others| 0.9%
Population by age

[4]

• 0 to 14| 14.5%
• 15 to 64| 55.9%
• 65 or older| 29.5%
Time zone| UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]| 21.5%
Website| www.palkane.fi

Pälkäne (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpælkæne]) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,340 (28 February 2023)[2] and covers an area of 738.15 square kilometres (285.00 sq mi) of which 177.65 km2 (68.59 sq mi).[1] The population density is 11.31 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.3/sq mi). Onkkaala is the administrative center of the municipality. Tampere is located 38 kilometres (24 mi) northwest of the center of Pälkäne.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Many people from Helsinki and the surrounding cities own summer cottages and residences in Pälkäne, making the small town very busy during summer vacation seasons. Pälkäne is a very popular summer vacation resort given its diverse services, high-quality swimming beach, beautiful nature and close location to big cities. From start of year 2007 Pälkäne and Luopioinen were merged to a new municipality of Pälkäne.

## Geography[edit]

### Nature[edit]

Kostianvirta flows through Pälkäne

The landscape of Pälkäne is dominated by several lakes, the largest of which are Lake Mallasvesi on the west side of Onkkaala and Lake Pälkänevesi on its east side, as well as Lake Roine on the Kangasala side and Lake Ilmoilanselkä on the Hauho (Hämeenlinna) side. Lake Kukkia is situated in the area of the former municipality of Luopioinen. In the western part of Pälkäne, Roine and Mallasvesi are separated by the rather large island of Hausalo.[6]

The Kostianvirta River, which belongs part to the drainage basin of the Kokemäki River, flows between Lake Pälkänevesi and Lake Mallasvesi.[7] As the average water level of both lakes is about 84 meters above sea level, the flow direction of Kostianvirta sometimes changes, especially due to the spring meltwater.[8]

### Villages[edit]

* Äimälä
* Aitoo
* Ämmätsä
* Epaala
* Evinsalo
* Haltia
* Harhala
* Huhtioinen
* Huntila
* Kaitamo
* Kajantila
* Kankahainen
* Kantokylä
* Kantola
* Kärväntälä
* Karviala
* Kaukkala
* Kinnala
* Kirpu
* Kollola
* Kotila
* Kouvala
* Kuisema
* Kukkola
* Kuohijoki
* Kuuliala
* Kyynärö
* Laitikkala
* Lemmettylä
* Lovensalo
* Luikala
* Luopioinen
* Mälkilä
* Mällinoja
* Miemola
* Mustilahti
* Myttäälä
* Okerla
* Oksala
* Onkkaala
* Padankoski
* Pappila
* Pitkäjärvi
* Pohjalahti
* Puutikkala
* Rautajärvi
* Ruokola
* Ruotsila
* Sairiala
* Salmentaka
* Sappee
* Säynäjärvi
* Seitsye
* Tauriala
* Tausti
* Tommola
* Töyräniemi
* Vahdermetsä
* Vuolijoki

## Culture[edit]

A former coat of arms of Pälkäne

### Food[edit]

In the 1980s, Pälkäne's traditional parish dishes were called local sweetened potato casserole called tuuvinki, salted bream, slowly smoked meat, Tavastian limppu bread called varikoinen,[9] sweet sahti, and plum kissel.[10]

## People[edit]

* Matti Helenius-Seppälä (1870–1920)
* August Hyöki (1874–1960)
* Eemil Linna (1876–1951)
* Väinö Sipilä (1897–1987)
* Toivo Salonen (born 1933)
* Mikko Leppilampi (born 1978)
* Riku Helenius (born 1988)

## See also[edit]

* Battle of Pälkäne

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. ^ a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
3. ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
4. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
6. ^ Hannu Tarmio, Pentti Papunen & Kalevi Korpela): Suomenmaa 6: maantieteellis-yhteiskunnallinen tieto- ja hakuteos, p. 337–341. Porvoo-Helsinki: WSOY, 1976. ISBN 951-0-06465-3. (in Finnish)
7. ^ Kostianvirta - Maanmittauslaitos (in Finnish)
8. ^ Mäntylä, Jorma (2004). "Sarsan maisema mullistui yhdessä yössä". Tiede (in Finnish). Retrieved October 17, 2021.
9. ^ Kansallisruuat - Kangasalan Sanomat (in Finnish)
10. ^ Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 74. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky, 1988. (in Finnish)

## External links[edit]

Media related to Pälkäne at Wikimedia Commons

* Municipality of Pälkäne – Official website

Places adjacent to Pälkäne

|  | Kangasala |

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Pälkäne

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Hattula (Kanta-Häme) | Hämeenlinna (Kanta-Häme) |

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* Äetsä
* Aitolahti
* Akaa
* Eräjärvi
* Ikaalisten maalaiskunta
* Karkku
* Keikyä
* Kiikka
* Kuhmalahti
* Kuorevesi
* Kuru
* Kylmäkoski
* Längelmäki
* Luopioinen
* Mänttä
* Messukylä
* Mouhijärvi
* Pohjaslahti
* Sääksmäki
* Sahalahti
* Suodenniemi
* Suoniemi
* Teisko
* Toijala
* Tottijärvi
* Tyrväntö (part)
* Tyrvää
* Vammala
* Viiala
* Viljakkala
* Vilppula

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