Parkano
Parkano | |
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City | |
| Parkanon kaupunki Parkano stad | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Parkano in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°00.5′N 023°01.5′E / 62.0083°N 23.0250°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | North Western Pirkanmaa |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Jari Heiniluoma |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
• Total | 909.67 km2 (351.23 sq mi) |
| • Land | 853.19 km2 (329.42 sq mi) |
| • Water | 57.5 km2 (22.2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 90th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-06-30) | |
• Total | 6,092 |
| • Rank | 154th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 7.14/km2 (18.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 3.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 53% |
| • 65 or older | 33.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.
It is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. The population of Parkano is 6,092 (June 30, 2025) and the municipality covers an area of 853.19 km2 (329.42 sq mi) of which 57.50 km2 (22.20 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2018). The population density is 7.14/km2 (18.5/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.