Akaa () is a
town
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and a
municipality
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in
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (; ; ), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme and Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...
,
Finland
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. It was created on 1 January 2007, when the town of
Toijala and the town of
Viiala were united into a single municipality. The municipality of
Kylmäkoski was consolidated with Akaa on 1 January 2011.
The convert has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is .
Geography
Akaa's neighboring municipalities are
Hämeenlinna
Hämeenlinna (; ; ; or ''Croneburgum'') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Kanta-Häme. It is located in the southern interior of the country and on the shores of Vanajavesi, Lake Vanajavesi. The population of Hämeenlinna is appr ...
,
Lempäälä
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,
Urjala,
Valkeakoski
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and
Vesilahti. The city of
Tampere
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, the capital of the Pirkanmaa region, is located north of Akaa.
Akaa, as well as the town of Toijala and the former municipality of Viiala are situated by the lake
Vanajavesi, which is the most central watercourse in the
Tavastia Proper region as well as in the southern parts of the Pirkanmaa region.
Demographics
In 2020, 16.5% of the population of Akaa was under the age of 15, 59.3% were aged 15 to 64, and 24.2% were over the age of 65. The average age was 44.6, over the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 42.8. Speakers of
Finnish made up 97.4% of the population and speakers of
Swedish made up 0.2%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 2.4%. Foreign nationals made up 1.8% of the total population.
The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Akaa from 1975 to 2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.
Urban areas
In 2019, out of the total population of 16,475, 14,323 people lived in
urban areas and 1,995 in sparsely populated areas, while the coordinates of 157 people were unknown. This made Akaa's degree of urbanization 87.8%.
The urban population in the municipality was divided between four urban areas as follows:
Notable people
*
Arvo Ylppö (1887–1992), Finnish
pediatrician
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Akaa is
twinned with:
*
Sande, Norway
*
Hallsberg Municipality, Sweden
*
Tapa, Estonia
References
External links
*
*
Town of Akaa – Official website
Cities and towns in Finland
Populated places established in 2007
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