Akaa
Akaa
Municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland
Akaa (Swedish: Ackas) is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on January 1, 2007 when the town of Toijala and the town of Viiala were united into a single Municipality. The municipality of Kylmäkoski was consolidated with Akaa on 1 January 2011.[5]
Akaa
Ackas | |
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Municipality | |
| Akaan kaupunki Ackas stad | |
Akaa medieval stone sacristy | |
Location of Akaa in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°10′N 023°52′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Southern Pirkanmaa |
| Established | 2007 |
| Seat | Toijala |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Antti Peltola |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 314.38 km2 (121.38 sq mi) |
| • Land | 293.26 km2 (113.23 sq mi) |
| • Water | 21.24 km2 (8.20 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 236th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 16,408 |
| • Rank | 68th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 55.95/km2 (144.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 2.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 16.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 59.3% |
| • 65 or older | 24.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.akaa.fi |
The convert has a population of 16,408 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 314.38 square kilometres (121.38 sq mi) of which 21.24 km2 (8.20 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 55.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (144.9/sq mi).
Akaa's neighboring municipalities are Hämeenlinna, Lempäälä, Urjala, Valkeakoski and Vesilahti. The city of Tampere, the capital of the Pirkanmaa region, is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of Akaa.
Akaa, as well as the town of Toijala and the former municipality of Viiala are situated by the lake Vanajavesi, which is the most central watercourse in the Tavastia Proper region as well as in the southern parts of the Pirkanmaa region.
In 2020, 16.5% of the population of Akaa was under the age of 15, 59.3% were aged 15 to 64, and 24.2% were over the age of 65. The average age was 44.6, over the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 42.8. Speakers of Finnish made up 97.4% of the population and speakers of Swedish made up 0.2%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 2.4%. Foreign nationals made up 1.8% of the total population.[6]
The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Akaa from 1975 to 2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.
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Urban areas
In 2019, out of the total population of 16,475, 14,323 people lived in urban areas and 1,995 in sparsely populated areas, while the coordinates of 157 people were unknown. This made Akaa's degree of urbanization 87.8%.[8] The urban population in the municipality was divided between four urban areas as follows:[9]
| # | Urban area | Population |
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| 1 | Toijala central locality | 8,365 |
| 2 | Viiala parish village | 5,087 |
| 3 | Kylmäkoski parish village | 661 |
| 4 | Sotkia | 210 |
Notable people
- Arvo Ylppö (1887–1992), Finnish pediatrician[10]
Twin towns — Sister cities
Akaa is twinned with:
Sande, Norway
Hallsberg Municipality, Sweden
Tapa, Estonia
- "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.
- "1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet". Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- "Key figures on population by region, 1990-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area, 1972-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2019-05-25. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- "Degree of urbanisation by area, 2019". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2019-11-26. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- "Population in urban settlements and sparsely populated areas by age, sex and municipality, 2019". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 2019-11-26. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
- Piirto, Hilkka. "Muistot: Arvo Ylppö". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Sanoma Media Finland. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
Media related to Akaa at Wikimedia Commons
Akaa travel guide from Wikivoyage- Town of Akaa Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine – Official website
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