Lempäälä

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Municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Lempäälä in Finland

Coordinates: 61°19′N 023°45′E / 61.317°N 23.750°E / 61.317; 23.750Country

FinlandRegionPirkanmaaSub-regionTampere sub-regionMetropolitan areaTampere metropolitan areaCharter1866Government

• Municipality managerHeidi RämöArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total307.06 km² (118.56 sq mi) • Land269.58 km² (104.09 sq mi) • Water37.51 km² (14.48 sq mi) • Rank241st largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total24,703 • Rank42nd largest in Finland • Density91.64/km² (237.3/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish96.8% (official) • Swedish0.3% • Others2.9%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1422.3% • 15 to 6460.8% • 65 or older16.9%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.lempaala.fi

Lempäälä (Finnish: [ˈlempæːlæ]) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies south of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Lempäälä is approximately 25,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 417,000. It is the 42nd most populous municipality in Finland.

The municipality covers an area of 307.06 square kilometres (118.56 sq mi) of which 37.51 km² (14.48 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 91.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (237.3/sq mi).

The centre of Lempäälä lies on an isthmus between Lakes Vanajavesi and Pyhäjärvi , which are connected by the Kuokkalankoski Rapids and the Lempäälä Canal, which was built in the 1870s and is still in use.

The first written reference to the parish of Lempäälä dates from 1430. The oldest building in the town is a medieval church named after Saint Birgitta, built in 1504.^[6] The only surviving item from the Middle Ages in the church is a wooden crucifix carved from birch.

Finnish writer Yrjö Kokko lived in Lempäälä and is buried in the cemetery.

Ideapark, the second largest shopping centre in the Nordic countries, is located in Lempäälä along the Helsinki-Tampere motorway (E12).

Kuokkala

Kuokkala is a neighbourhood to the north of Lempäälä town which houses a ’museoraitti’ (museum trail). Several buildings now house collections of historical items, including a shop museum (also a shop and information office), hairdressers & barbers, cobblers, WW2 memorabilia, household equipment, blacksmiths, carpenters, a 19th-century Finnish dwelling, and a special exhibit relating to the ex-Finnish region of Sakkola.^[7]

Politics

In the 2023 parliamentary elections, Lempäälä voted as such:^[8]

National Coalition Party - 26.0%
Finns Party - 22.0%
Social Democratic Party - 21.8%
Centre Party - 7.4%
Green League - 6.6%
Christian Democrats - 6.3%
Left Alliance - 4.4%
Movement Now - 3.1%
Freedom Alliance - 1.0%

International relations

Twin towns — Sister cities

Lempäälä is twinned with:

Ulricehamn, Sweden
Øvre Eiker, Norway
Kerteminde, Denmark
Tapolca, Hungary

Villages

Aimala

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "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.
^ Pyhä Birgitta määräsi kirkon paikan – Lempäälän kunta Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ Leaflet about Kuokkalan museoraitti published by museum.
^ "Lempäälä | Tulospalvelu | Eduskuntavaalit 2023 | yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-20.

External links

Media related to Lempäälä at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Lempäälä – Official site

Municipalities of Pirkanmaa

Municipalities

Former municipalities

Pirkanmaa
Finland

50 most populous municipalities in Finland

1.	Helsinki	674,963
2.	Espoo	314,152
3.	Tampere	255,066
4.	Vantaa	247,447
5.	Oulu	214,651
6.	Turku	201,889
7.	Jyväskylä	147,821
8.	Kuopio	124,011
9.	Lahti	120,700
10.	Pori	83,117

11.	Kouvola	78,876
12.	Joensuu	78,060
13.	Lappeenranta	73,016
14.	Vaasa	68,969
15.	Hämeenlinna	68,303
16.	Seinäjoki	66,157
17.	Rovaniemi	65,285
18.	Mikkeli	51,916
19.	Porvoo	51,293
20.	Salo	51,097

21.	Kotka	50,488
22.	Kokkola	48,299
23.	Hyvinkää	46,903
24.	Järvenpää	46,475
25.	Lohja	45,654
26.	Nurmijärvi	44,773
27.	Tuusula	41,334
28.	Kirkkonummi	41,160
29.	Rauma	38,837
30.	Kerava	38,227

31.	Kajaani	36,492
32.	Kaarina	36,335
33.	Nokia	35,652
34.	Ylöjärvi	33,680
35.	Kangasala	33,478
36.	Savonlinna	31,842
37.	Vihti	28,812
38.	Riihimäki	28,482
39.	Raseborg	27,211
40.	Raisio	25,336

41.	Imatra	24,919
42.	Lempäälä	24,703
43.	Raahe	23,794
44.	Sastamala	23,514
45.	Hollola	22,887
46.	Sipoo	22,590
47.	Siilinjärvi	21,300
48.	Tornio	21,015
49.	Mäntsälä	20,950
50.	Pirkkala	20,762