Lempäälä
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| Lempäälä | |||
| — Municipality — | |||
| Lempäälän kunta | |||
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| Coordinates: 61°19′N 023°45′E / 61.317°N 23.75°ECoordinates: 61°19′N 023°45′E / 61.317°N 23.75°E | |||
| Country |  Finland |
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| Province | Western Finland | ||
| Region | Pirkanmaa | ||
| Sub-region | Tampere sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1866 | ||
| Government | |||
| - Municipality manager | Olli Viitasaari | ||
| Area (2009-01-01)[1] | |||
| - Total | 306.92 km2 (118.5 sq mi) | ||
| - Land | 269.44 km2 (104 sq mi) | ||
| - Water | 37.48 km2 (14.5 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2009-03-31)[2] | |||
| - Total | 19,867 | ||
| - Density | 73.73/km2 (191/sq mi) | ||
| Population by native language [3] | |||
| - Finnish | 98.1% (official) | ||
| - Swedish | 0.4% | ||
| - Others | 1.5% | ||
| Population by age [4] | |||
| - 0 to 14 | 22.7% | ||
| - 15 to 64 | 65.1% | ||
| - 65 or older | 12.2% | ||
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| - Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19% | ||
| Website | www.lempaala.fi | ||
Lempäälä (Swedish: Lembois) is a municipality in southwestern Finland with 19,867 inhabitants (31 March 2009).[2] Lempäälä is located south of the city of Tampere. The municipality covers an area of 306.92 square kilometres (118.50 sq mi) of which 37.48 km2 (14.47 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 73.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (191.0 /sq mi).
The first written account of parish of Lempäälä is from 1430. The oldest building of the town is a medieval church named after Saint Birgitta and was built in the year 1504[6]. The only remaining article from medieval times in the church is a wooden crucifix carved out of birch.
Finnish novelist Yrjö Kokko lived in Lempäälä, and is buried in the graveyard.
Ideapark, the second largest shopping mall in Nordic countries, is located in Lempäälä along the Helsinki–Tampere motorway.
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved on 20 February 2009.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 March 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/5D795199C7CAC193C22575A000324AE2/$file/20090331.htm. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved on 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved on 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2009". Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2008. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=6425;167571. Retrieved on 8 March 2009.
- ^ Pyhä Birgitta määräsi kirkon paikan – Lempäälän kunta
[edit] External links
Media related to Lempäälä at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Lempäälä – Official site
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