Ikaalinen

The municipalities next to it are Hämeenkyrö, Jämijärvi, Kankaanpää, Parkano, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Known for Ikaalinen Spa, Sata-Häme Soi and Toivolansaari Camping. The Seitseminen national park is partly located in the municipality. Located in the middle of the old Upper Satakunta, and for centuries, until the 1990s, it belonged to the province of Satakunta and the provinces of Turku and Pori. Ikaalinen became an independent municipality in 1641. The associated market town was founded in 1858. The market town and the municipality were united in 1972 and Ikaalinen became a town in 1977. The central part of Ikaalinen, a former church village and township, now the Vanhakauppala district, is located on a peninsula on the shores of Lake Kyrösjärvi. The municipality extends east–west on both sides around the northern end of the lake. Lake Kyrösjärvi, like the entire municipality, is part of the Kokemäenjoki watershed. The centre of Ikaalinen is on lake Kyrösjärvi near the highway 3 (E12).

• Name — Ikaalinen • Official Name — Ikaalisten kaupunki Ikalis stad • Other Name — Ikalis • Type — City • Image Shield — Ikaalinen.vaakuna.svg • Shield Size — 120x80px • Image Map — Ikaalinen sijainti Suomi.svg • Map Caption — Location of Ikaalinen in Finland • Mapframe — yes • Mapframe Marker — town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Finland • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Pirkanmaa • Subdivision Type2 — Sub-region • Subdivision Name2 — North Western Pirkanmaa • Leader Title — Town manager • Leader Name — Eeva Viitanen • Established Title — Charter • Established Date — 1858 • Established Title2 — City rights • Established Date2 — 1977 • Time Zone — EET • Utc Offset — +02:00 • Time Zone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +03:00 • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 39500 • Website — https: ikaalinen.fi/ Ikaalinen (Ikalis) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, located 55 km northwest of Tampere. The town has a population of (sourcedate) and covers an area of Ikaalinen km2 of which Ikaalinen km2 is water. The municipalities next to it are Hämeenkyrö, Jämijärvi, Kankaanpää, Parkano, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Ikaalinen is known for Ikaalinen Spa, Sata-Häme Soi and Toivolansaari Camping. The Seitseminen national park is partly located in the municipality. S. Albert Kivinen, a writer and associate professor of philosophy of the University of Helsinki, is a native of Ikaalinen and his story Keskiyön Mato Ikaalisissa ("The Midnight Worm in Ikaalinen") is set there. Ikaalinen is located in the middle of the old Upper Satakunta, and for centuries, until the 1990s, it belonged to the province of Satakunta and the provinces of Turku and Pori. Ikaalinen became an independent municipality in 1641. The associated market town was founded in 1858. The market town and the municipality were united in 1972 and Ikaalinen became a town in 1977. The central part of Ikaalinen, a former church village and township, now the Vanhakauppala district, is located on a peninsula on the shores of Lake Kyrösjärvi. The municipality extends east–west on both sides around the northern end of the lake. Lake Kyrösjärvi, like the entire municipality, is part of the Kokemäenjoki watershed. The centre of Ikaalinen is on lake Kyrösjärvi near the highway 3 (E12).

The private coach company OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Ikaalinen.

• Sulo Aittoniemi, congressman • Outi Borgenström, sportsperson (orienteering) • Oskar Gripenberg, general • Edvard Gylling, politician (SDP, SKP), statistician • S. Albert Kivinen, philosopher • Jarmo Kujanpää, sportsperson (football) • Kalervo Kurkiala, chaplain (1931–38) • Matti Pitkänen, sportsperson (cross country skiing) • Krista Pärmäkoski, sportsperson (cross country skiing) • Samuli Samuelsson, sportsperson (sprinter) • Bertel Strömmer, architect