Pälkäne

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Pälkäne
Municipality
Pälkäneen kunta
Pälkäne kommun
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Ruins of the medieval church in Pälkäne
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Coat of arms
Palkane sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Pälkäne in Finland
Coordinates: 61°20.3′N024°16′E / 61.3383°N 24.267°E / 61.3383; 24.267
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region Pirkanmaa
Sub-region Tampere sub-region
Charter 1866
Seat Onkkaala
Government
 • Municipal managerPauliina Pikka
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
 • Total
738.15 km2 (285.00 sq mi)
 • Land560.71 km2 (216.49 sq mi)
 • Water177.65 km2 (68.59 sq mi)
 • Rank 152nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31) [2]
 • Total
6,251
 • Rank 148th largest in Finland
 • Density11.15/km2 (28.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 •  Finnish 95.7% (official)
 •  Swedish 0.4%
 • Others3.9%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1414.5%
 • 15 to 6455.9%
 • 65 or older29.5%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.palkane.fi OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Pälkäne (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpælkæne] ) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 6,251 (31 October 2024) [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 11.15 inhabitants per square kilometre (28.9/sq mi). Onkkaala is the administrative center of the municipality. Tampere is located 38 kilometres (24 mi) northwest of the center of Pälkäne.

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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

Kostianvirta flows through Palkane Kostianvirta3.jpg
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. [5]

The Kostianvirta River, which belongs part to the drainage basin of the Kokemäki River, flows between Lake Pälkänevesi and Lake Mallasvesi. [6] 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. [7]

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

A former coat of arms of Palkane Palkane.vaakuna.1965.svg
A former coat of arms of Pälkäne

Food

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, [8] sweet sahti, and plum kissel. [9]

People

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  9. ↑ Jaakko Kolmonen: Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat, p. 74. Helsinki: Patakolmonen Ky, 1988. (in Finnish)

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