Parkano
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Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.
It is located 84 km north of Tampere in the province of Western Finland, and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 7,499 (2003) and covers an area of 910.17 km˛, of which 55.00 km˛ is water. The population density is 8.8 inhabitants per km˛.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "the baron of Parkano", Gustav Wrede af Elimä.
External links
- Parkano Town Website (http://www.parkano.fi/)