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Ylöjärvi
Sign in to saveYlöjärvi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the west of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Ylöjärvi is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the fourth largest in the Pirkanmaa region after Tampere, Nokia and Kangasala.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ylöjärvi
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ylöjärven kirjasto2.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ylöjärvi library
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ylöjärvi.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Ylöjärvi sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Ylöjärvi in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pirkanmaa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tampere
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Metropolitan area
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Tampere
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Pauli Piiparinen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Ylöjärven kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Tampere sub-region
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 33677
- Area
- 208.21
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Tampere
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Follows
- Kuru
- Official website
- www.ylojarvi.fi
- Image
- Ylöjärvi church - panoramio.jpg
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- associated electoral district
- Pirkanmaa
- Commons category
- Ylöjärvi
- topic's main category
- Category:Ylöjärvi
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Ylöjärvi
- native label
- Ylöjärvi
- inception
- 1869-00-00
- twinned administrative body
- Skinnskatteberg Municipality
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ylöjärvi
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Tampere sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=980
- P12749
- Sauerland
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Demographics
- Culture
- Food
- ''Tree Mountain''
- Notable people
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Ylöjärvi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the west of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Ylöjärvi is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the fourth largest in the Pirkanmaa region after Tampere, Nokia and Kangasala.
Ylöjärvi is located northwest of Tampere and north of the capital city of Helsinki in Finland. Ylöjärvi has an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ylöjärvi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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