Lempäälä ( Finnish: [ˈlempæːlæ] ) is a municipality in Finland , located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies south of the regional capital, Tampere . The population of Lempäälä is approximately 25,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 423,000. It is the 41st most populous municipality in Finland.
5-544: Lempaala may refer to: Lempäälä , a municipality in Finland Lempaala, Finnish name of Lembolovo , a rural locality in Russia [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
10-427: Is a neighbourhood to the north of Lempäälä town which houses a ’museoraitti’ (museum trail). Several buildings now house collections of historical items, including a shop museum (also a shop and information office), hairdressers & barbers, cobblers, WW2 memorabilia, household equipment, blacksmiths, carpenters, a 19th-century Finnish dwelling, and a special exhibit relating to the ex-Finnish region of Sakkola . In
15-541: Is water. The population density is 92.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (239.0/sq mi). The centre of Lempäälä lies on an isthmus between Lakes Vanajavesi and Pyhäjärvi , which are connected by the Kuokkalankoski Rapids and the Lempäälä Canal, which was built in the 1870s and is still in use. The first written reference to the parish of Lempäälä dates from 1430. The oldest building in
20-487: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lempaala&oldid=1251014197 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lemp%C3%A4%C3%A4l%C3%A4 The municipality covers an area of 307.06 square kilometres (118.56 sq mi) of which 37.51 km (14.48 sq mi)
25-647: The town is a medieval church named after Saint Birgitta , built in 1504. The only surviving item from the Middle Ages in the church is a wooden crucifix carved from birch . Finnish writer Yrjö Kokko lived in Lempäälä and is buried in the cemetery. Ideapark , the second largest shopping centre in the Nordic countries, is located in Lempäälä along the Helsinki-Tampere motorway ( E12 ). Kuokkala
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