Viljakkala is a former municipality of

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. It was located in the

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Western Finland Western Finland (, ) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. Tampere was the largest city of the province. Histor ...

and was part of the

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 ...

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. The municipality had a population of 2,043 (2003) and covered an area of 224.70 km² of which 24.61 km² was water. The

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was 10.2 inhabitants per km². Viljakkala was consolidated with

Ylöjärvi Ylöjärvi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the west of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Ylöjärvi is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the m ...

on January 1, 2007. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

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* Populated places disestablished in 2007 Former municipalities of Finland Ylöjärvi {{WesternFinland-geo-stub