Tyrnävä (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈtyrnæʋæ]) is a municipality in the North Ostrobothnia region of Finland with a population of 6,525 (31 December 2023).^[2] It covers an area of 494.85 square kilometres (191.06 sq mi), of which 3.07 km² (1.19 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 13.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (34.4/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The city of Oulu is located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of the center of Tyrnävä.

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Tyrnävä
Municipality
Tyrnävän kunta Tyrnävä kommun
Meijeritie Street in Tyrnävä village
Coat of arms
Location of Tyrnävä in Finland
Coordinates: 64°45′N 025°39′E
Country	Finland
Region	North Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Oulu sub-region
Charter	1865
Government
• Mayor	Vesa Anttila
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	494.85 km2 (191.06 sq mi)
• Land	491.82 km2 (189.89 sq mi)
• Water	3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
• Rank	177th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,525
• Rank	140th largest in Finland
• Density	13.27/km2 (34.4/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	98.9% (official)
• Swedish	0.3%
• Others	0.8%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	30.8%
• 15 to 64	55.4%
• 65 or older	13.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.tyrnava.fi

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The most important product of Tyrnävä is potatoes. The municipality has a lot of seed potato production, and the Tyrnävä's region is defined as one of the four high-quality seed potato growing areas in the European Union.^[5]

• Väinö Kirstinä (1936–2007)