Hämeenkyrö
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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
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 Location of Hämeenkyrö in Finland |
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| Coordinates: 61°38′N 023°12′E / 61.633°N 23.200°ECoordinates: 61°38′N 023°12′E / 61.633°N 23.200°E | ||
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 Finland
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| Region | Pirkanmaa | |
| Sub-region | Northwestern Pirkanmaa sub-region | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipality manager | Antero Alenius | |
| Area (2016-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 463.84 km2 (179.09 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 463.76 km2 (179.06 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 187th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 10,693 | |
| • Rank | 93rd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 23.06/km2 (59.7/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Finnish | 99% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 0.9% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 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 | 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) and covers an area of 463.84 square kilometres (179.09 sq mi) of which 41.34 km2 (15.96 sq mi) is water. The population density is 23.06 inhabitants per square kilometre (59.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, a Nobel Laureate in Literature, was born in Hämeenkyrö.
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