Akaa

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Akaa

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Akaan kaupunki}}
{{lang|sv|Ackas stad}}

| other_name = Ackas

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Akaa stone sacristy 1 AB.jpg

| image_caption = Akaa medieval stone sacristy

| image_shield = Akaa.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Akaa sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Akaa in Finland

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Pirkanmaa

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Southern Pirkanmaa

| seat = Toijala

| leader_title = Town manager

| leader_name = Antti Peltola

| established_title = Established

| established_date = 2007

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|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

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|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| website = [http://www.akaa.fi/ www.akaa.fi]

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Akaa ({{langx|sv|Ackas}}) is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kunnat.net/k_perussivu.asp?path=1;29;348;4827;50631;137625;163600 |title=1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet |work=Kunnat.net |language=Finnish |date=2 July 2010 |publisher=Suomen Kuntaliitto |location=Helsinki |accessdate=January 1, 2011 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The convert has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Akaa}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Akaa}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Akaa}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Akaa|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

Geography

Akaa's neighboring municipalities are Hämeenlinna, Lempäälä, Urjala, Valkeakoski and Vesilahti. The city of Tampere, the capital of the Pirkanmaa region, is located {{convert|43|km}} 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.{{Cite web|title=Key figures on population by region, 1990-2020|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/|url-status=live|access-date=2 May 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=Statistics Finland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406192005/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11ra.px/ |archive-date=2019-04-06 }}

The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Akaa from 1975 to 2020, encompasses the municipality's area as of 2021.

{{Historical populations

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| cols = 2

| percentages = pagr

| 1975 |16,056

| 1980 |15,767

| 1985 |15,651

| 1990 |16,048

| 1995 |15,986

| 2000 |15,945

| 2005 |16,422

| 2010 |17,012

| 2015 |17,043

| 2020 |16,391

|source=Statistics Finland{{Cite web|title=Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area, 1972-2020|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11re.px/|url-status=live|access-date=2 May 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=Statistics Finland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525152634/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11re.px/ |archive-date=2019-05-25 }}

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= Urban areas =

File:Prison in Kylmäkoski.JPG in Kylmäkoski]]

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%.{{Cite web|title=Degree of urbanisation by area, 2019|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=Statistics Finland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126094642/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s7.px/ |archive-date=2019-11-26 }} The urban population in the municipality was divided between four urban areas as follows:{{Cite web|title=Population in urban settlements and sparsely populated areas by age, sex and municipality, 2019|url=https://pxnet2.stat.fi/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s6.px/|url-status=live|access-date=1 May 2021|website=StatFin|publisher=Statistics Finland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126094635/http://pxnet2.stat.fi:80/PXWeb/pxweb/en/StatFin/StatFin__vrm__vaerak/statfin_vaerak_pxt_11s6.px/ |archive-date=2019-11-26 }}

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! # !! Urban area !! Population

align="center" | 1Toijala central localityalign="right" | 8,365
align="center" | 2Viiala parish villagealign="right"| 5,087
align="center" | 3Kylmäkoski parish villagealign="right"| 661
align="center" | 4Sotkiaalign="right"| 210

Notable people

  • Arvo Ylppö (1887–1992), Finnish pediatrician{{cite web|last1=Piirto|first1=Hilkka|title=Muistot: Arvo Ylppö|url=http://www.hs.fi/muistot/a1364352283583|work=Helsingin Sanomat|date=30 January 1992 |publisher=Sanoma Media Finland|access-date=September 23, 2021|location=Helsinki|language=fi}}

International relations

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland}}

=Twin towns — Sister cities=

Akaa is twinned with:

References

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