Hämeenkyrö

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{{Infobox settlement

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| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Myllykolu.jpg

| image_caption = The birth-place of Finnish Nobel laureate F. E. Sillanpää

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|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Pirkanmaa

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Tampere

| leader_title = Municipality manager

| leader_name = Antero Alenius

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| website = {{Url|https://hameenkyro.fi/}}

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Hämeenkyrö ({{IPA|fi|ˈhæmeːnˌkyrø|lang}}; {{langx|sv|Tavastkyro}}) is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located {{convert|36|km}} from Tampere. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Hämeenkyrö}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Hämeenkyrö}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Hämeenkyrö}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Hämeenkyrö|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

The neighboring municipalities of Hämeenkyrö are Ikaalinen, Nokia, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The drinking horn depicting coat of arms of Hämeenkyrö was designed by Gustaf von Numers and it was confirmed in 1954.Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1980, p. 158. Helsinki: Otava 1979. (in Finnish) After the wars, the evacuated Karelian population from Otradnoye (Pyhäjärvi) was mostly settled in Hämeenkyrö.Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1951, p. 129. Helsinki: Otava 1950. (in Finnish)

Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections, resulted in the True Finns being the largest group on the Hämeenkyrö council, in Hämeenkyrö.{{cite web| url = https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/finns_party_gains_ncp_top_as_turnout_dips_in_finnish_local_elections/11979073| title = Finns Party gains, NCP top as turnout dips in Finnish local elections {{!}} News {{!}} Yle Uutiset| date = 13 June 2021}}

The name Hämeenkyrö comes from Finnish words "Häme" and "kyrö", which together mean a craggy and thicketed area located in the Tavastia region.