Ikaalinen
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Ikaalinen (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, located Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Tampere. The town has a population of 6,733 (31 March 2025)[1] and covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". of which Script error: No such module "convert". is water.[2] The population density is Script error: No such module "convert"..
The municipalities next to it are Hämeenkyrö, Jämijärvi, Kankaanpää, 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, 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, another spa town in the Pirkanmaa region
References
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External links
- Town of Ikaalinen – Official website
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