Pälkäne
Pälkäne | |
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Municipality | |
Pälkäneen kunta Pälkäne kommun | |
Population by age | |
• 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) |
Website | www.palkane.fi |
Pälkäne (Finnish pronunciation:
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
Nature
The landscape of Pälkäne is dominated by several lakes, the largest of which are
The Kostianvirta River, which belongs part to the
Villages
- 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
Food
In the 1980s, Pälkäne's traditional parish dishes were called local
People
- Matti Helenius-Seppälä (1870–1920)
- August Hyöki (1874–1960)
- Eemil Linna (1876–1951)
- Teemu Mäntysaari (born 1987)
- Väinö Sipilä (1897–1987)
- Toivo Salonen (born 1933)
- Mikko Leppilampi (born 1978)
- Riku Helenius (born 1988)
See also
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ 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)
- ^ Kostianvirta - Maanmittauslaitos (in Finnish)
- ^ Mäntylä, Jorma (2004). "Sarsan maisema mullistui yhdessä yössä". Tiede (in Finnish). Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ^ Kansallisruuat - Kangasalan Sanomat (in Finnish)
- ^ Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 74. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky, 1988. (in Finnish)
External links
Media related to Pälkäne at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Pälkäne – Official website