Ikaalinen | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Ikaalisten kaupunki Swedish: Ikalis stad |
Other Name: | Ikalis |
Settlement Type: | City |
Coordinates: | 61.7667°N 27°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Pirkanmaa |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | North Western Pirkanmaa |
Leader Title: | Town manager |
Leader Name: | Kari Tolonen |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1858 |
Established Title2: | City rights |
Established Date2: | 1977 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 39500 |
Ikaalinen (in Finnish ˈikɑːlinen/; Swedish: Ikalis) is a city and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, located northwest of Tampere. The town has a population of and covers an area of NaNIkaalinen}} ofwhich NaNIkaalinen}}is water. The population density isNaNIkaalinen.
The municipalities next to it are Hämeenkyrö, Jämijärvi, Kankaanpää, Parkano, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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).
The private coach company OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Ikaalinen.