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Pirkkala

Logo: pirkkala.fi4

Municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Pirkkala (Finnish:; Swedish: Birkala) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Pirkkala is approximately 21,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 428,000.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1922Founded1
  • HeadquartersPirkkala, Finland1
  • Websitewww.pirkkala.fi
  • Legal formmunicipality of Finland1
  • Kind of organizationGovernment entity1
  • LEI743700IEE1BQRIMIOU363
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressPL 1001, FI-33961 Pirkkala, Finland3
  • Registered withFinnish Patent and Registration Office, 0152084-13

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Vanha Kirkko Pirkkala - panoramio
Photo: Harri Hedman, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Pirkkala (Finnish: [ˈpirkːɑlɑ]; Swedish: Birkala) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Pirkkala is approximately 21,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 428,000. It is the 48th most populous municipality in Finland.2

Corporate structure

Pirkkala sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Pirkkala Pirkkala, Finland
    • Vähäjärvi school Subsidiary · Pirkkala, Finland

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Great Pirkkala

The former parish of Suur-Pirkkala (Great Pirkkala) is mentioned in historical writings from the 14th century. It occupied over half of Pirkanmaa, a region nowadays populated by about 526,000 inhabitants. Suur-Pirkkala began to split when new parishes and municipalities were founded and wanted independence.

South and North Pirkkala

In 1922 the Pirkkala was split into Pohjois- (Northern) and Etelä-Pirkkala (Southern Pirkkala) due to a movement in Southern Pirkkala led by agronomist Hannes Palmroth of the Partola Estate to gain independence from the more industrial North.

Pirkkala

In 1938 the name of Northern Pirkkala was changed to Nokia and after an appeal to the President of Finland Kyösti Kallio in 1939, Southern Pirkkala reverted to its original name Pirkkala. The present-day province of Pirkanmaa that was founded in the 1950s is named after Pirkkala as it was in the center of the region that was more or less the same area as the historic Great Pirkkala

From Wikipedia’s article on Pirkkala, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Vähäjärvi school

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Suur-Pirkkala1

Timeline

  1. 1922Founded Founded1

Sources

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