Parkano
City in Pirkanmaa, Finland
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Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.
Parkano | |
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City | |
| Parkanon kaupunki Parkano stad | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Parkano in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°00.5′N 023°01.5′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | North Western Pirkanmaa |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Jari Heiniluoma |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 909.67 km2 (351.23 sq mi) |
| • Land | 853.19 km2 (329.42 sq mi) |
| • Water | 57.5 km2 (22.2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 90th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30)[2] | |
• Total | 6,092 |
| • Rank | 154th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 7.14/km2 (18.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 3.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53% |
| • 65 or older | 33.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
It is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. The population of Parkano is 6,092 (June 30, 2025)[2] and the municipality covers an area of 853.19 km2 (329.42 sq mi) of which 57.50 km2 (22.20 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2018).[1] The population density is 7.14/km2 (18.5/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Transport
Districts
- Keskusta
- Kairokoski / Haapanen
- Viinikka
- Kallio
- Pahkala
- Vatunen
- Pentti
- Kissakivi
- Haukkala
Notable people
- The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "baron of Parkano", Gustaf Wrede af Elimä (1853-1939)
- Signe Brander (1869–1942)
- Yrjö Pulkkinen (1875–1945)
- Walto Tuomioja (1888–1931)
- Kari Asikainen (born 1939)
- Kai Suikkanen (born 1959)
- Saija Varjus (born 1965)
- Johanna Lehtinen (born 1979)
- Toni Rajala (born 1991)
