Pälkäne

The population density is PD/km2. Onkkaala is the administrative center of the municipality. Tampere is located 38 km northwest of the center of Pälkäne. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Many people from Helsinki and the surrounding cities own summer cottages and residences in Pälkäne, making the small town very busy during summer vacation seasons. A very popular summer vacation resort given its diverse services, high-quality swimming beach, beautiful nature and close location to big cities. From start of year 2007 Pälkäne and Luopioinen were merged to a new municipality of Pälkäne.

• Name — Pälkäne • Official Name — Pälkäneen kunta Pälkäne kommun • Settlement Type — Municipality • Image Skyline — Pälkäne church 1545442.jpg • Image Caption — Ruins of the medieval church in Pälkäne • Image Shield — Pälkäne uusi.svg • Shield Size — 120x80px • Image Map — Pälkäne sijainti Suomi.svg • Map Caption — Location of Pälkäne 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 — Tampere • Seat — Onkkaala • Leader Title — Municipal manager • Leader Name — Pauliina Pikka • Established Title — Charter • Established Date — 1866 • Area Footnotes — area_footnotes • Area Total Km2 — area_total_km2 • Area Land Km2 — area_land_km2 • Area Water Km2 — area_water_km2 • Area Rank — area_rank • Population As Of — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Population Total — population_total • Population Density Km2 — population_density_km2 • Population Rank — population_rank • Demographics Type1 — demographics_type1 • Demographics1 Footnotes — demographics1_footnotes • Demographics1 Title1 — demographics1_title1 • Demographics1 Info1 — demographics1_info1 • Demographics1 Title2 — demographics1_title2 • Demographics1 Info2 — demographics1_info2 • Demographics1 Title3 — demographics1_title3 • Demographics1 Info3 — demographics1_info3 • Demographics1 Title4 — demographics1_title4 • Demographics1 Info4 — demographics1_info4 • Demographics Type2 — demographics_type2 • Demographics2 Footnotes — demographics2_footnotes • Demographics2 Title1 — demographics2_title1 • Demographics2 Info1 — demographics2_info1 • Demographics2 Title2 — demographics2_title2 • Demographics2 Info2 — demographics2_info2 • Demographics2 Title3 — demographics2_title3 • Demographics2 Info3 — demographics2_info3 • Blank Name — blank_name • Blank Info — blank_info • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +02:00 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +03:00 Pälkäne is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of (sourcedate) and covers an area of km2 of which km2. The population density is PD/km2. Onkkaala is the administrative center of the municipality. Tampere is located 38 km northwest of the center of Pälkäne. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Many people from Helsinki and the surrounding cities own summer cottages and residences in Pälkäne, making the small town very busy during summer vacation seasons. Pälkäne is a very popular summer vacation resort given its diverse services, high-quality swimming beach, beautiful nature and close location to big cities. From start of year 2007 Pälkäne and Luopioinen were merged to a new municipality of Pälkäne.

• Illustration — Kostianvirta flows through Pälkäne The landscape of Pälkäne is dominated by several lakes, the largest of which are Lake Mallasvesi on the west side of Onkkaala and Lake Pälkänevesi on its east side, as well as Lake Roine on the Kangasala side and Lake Ilmoilanselkä on the Hauho (Hämeenlinna) side. Lake Kukkia is situated in the area of the former municipality of Luopioinen. In the western part of Pälkäne, Roine and Mallasvesi are separated by the rather large island of Hausalo. The Kostianvirta River, which belongs part to the drainage basin of the Kokemäki River, flows between Lake Pälkänevesi and Lake Mallasvesi. As the average water level of both lakes is about 84 meters above sea level, the flow direction of Kostianvirta sometimes changes, especially due to the spring meltwater.

• Äimälä • Aitoo • Ämmätsä • Epaala • Evinsalo • Haltia • Harhala • Huhtioinen • Huntila • Kaitamo • Kajantila • Kankahainen • Kantokylä • Kantola • Kärväntälä • Karviala • Kaukkala • Kinnala • Kirpu • Kollola • Kotila • Kouvala • Kuisema • Kukkola • Kuohijoki • Kuuliala • Kyynärö • Laitikkala • Lemmettylä • Lovensalo • Luikala • Luopioinen • Mälkilä • Mällinoja • Miemola • Mustilahti • Myttäälä • Okerla • Oksala • Onkkaala • Padankoski • Pappila • Pitkäjärvi • Pohjalahti • Puutikkala • Rautajärvi • Ruokola • Ruotsila • Sairiala • Salmentaka • Sappee • Säynäjärvi • Seitsye • Tauriala • Tausti • Tommola • Töyräniemi • Vahdermetsä • Vuolijoki

• Illustration — A former coat of arms of Pälkäne

In the 1980s, Pälkäne's traditional parish dishes were called local sweetened potato casserole called tuuvinki, salted bream, slowly smoked meat, Tavastian limppu bread called varikoinen, sweet sahti, and plum kissel.

• Matti Helenius-Seppälä (1870–1920) • August Hyöki (1874–1960) • Eemil Linna (1876–1951) • Teemu Mäntysaari (born 1987) • Väinö Sipilä (1897–1987) • Toivo Salonen (born 1933) • Mikko Leppilampi (born 1978) • Riku Helenius (born 1988)