Ikaalinen (; ) is a
city
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and
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Finland
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. It is part of the
Pirkanmaa
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region
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, located northwest of
Tampere
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. The town has a population of
()
and covers an area of of
which
is water.
The
population density
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is
.
The municipalities next to it are
Hämeenkyrö
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,
Jämijärvi,
Kankaanpää
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,
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
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, is a native of Ikaalinen and his story ''Keskiyön Mato Ikaalisissa'' ("The Midnight Worm in Ikaalinen") is set there.
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 centre of Ikaalinen is on lake Kyrösjärvi near the
highway 3 (
E12).
Transport
The private
coach company
OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Ikaalinen.
Notable people
*
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
See also
*
Nokia
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, another spa town in the Pirkanmaa region
References
External links
Town of Ikaalinen– Official website
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Cities and towns in Finland
Populated places established in 1858
1858 establishments in the Russian Empire