Tampere
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Tampere (Swadish: Tammerfors) is a ceety in soothren Finland. It is the maist populous inland ceety in ony o the Nordic kintras. The ceety haes a population o 211,691 (31 Mairch 2010),[2] growin tae approximately 300,000 fowk in the conurbation an ower 340,000 in the metropolitan aurie.[5] Tampere is the third maist-populous municipality in Finland, efter the Greater Helsinki municipalities o Helsinki an Espoo. In 2007, the entire Pirkanmaa region haed aroond 470,000 residents, o whilk 230,000 wis employed, an a turnover o 25 billion euros.[6]
Tampere | |
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Ceety | |
Tampereen kaupunki | |
View towards Tampere City Centre | |
Eik-name(s): Manchester o the North, Manse (in Finnish) | |
Location o Tampere in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°30′N 023°46′E | |
Kintra | Finland |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Sub-region | Tampere |
Govrenment | |
• Mayor | Kalervo Kummola |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Ceety | 689.59 km2 (266.25 sq mi) |
• Laund | 525.03 km2 (202.72 sq mi) |
• Water | 164.56 km2 (63.54 sq mi) |
Area rank | 166t lairgest in Finland |
Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
• Ceety | 249,720 |
• Rank | 3rd lairgest in Finland |
• Density | 475.63/km2 (1,231.9/sq mi) |
• Metro | 340,000 |
Population bi native leid | |
• Finnish | 7,001,949,000,000,000,000♠94.9% (offeecial) |
• Swadish | 6,999,500,000,000,000,000♠0.5% |
• Ithers | 7,000,450,000,000,000,000♠4.5% |
Population by age | |
• 0 tae 14 | 7,001,138,000,000,000,000♠13.8% |
• 15 tae 64 | 7,001,706,009,999,900,000♠70.6% |
• 65 or aulder | 7,001,157,000,000,000,000♠15.7% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Urbanisation | 96.9% |
Unemployment rate | 10.1% |
Website | www.tampere.fi |
Tampere is locatit atween twa lochs, Näsijärvi an Pyhäjärvi. Syne the twa lakes differ in level bi 18 metres (59 ft), the rapids linkin them, Tammerkoski, haes been an important pouer soorce throughoot heestory, maist recently for generatin electricity. Tampere is dubbed the "Manchester o Finland" for its industrial past as the umwhile centre o Finnish industry, an this haes gien rise tae its Finnish nickname "Manse" an terms sic as "Manserock".[5][6][7]
Helsinki can be reakit in 1.5 oors bi train an 2 oor bi caur. The distance tae Turku is thareby the same. Tampere Airport is the third-busiest airport in Finland, wi 800,000 passengers annually.[6]