Pirkkala

The parish of Pirkkala originally consisted of all those parts of Ylä-Satakunta which were later incorporated into the province of Häme: in the south and in the east Vesilahti, Lempäälä, Messukylä, Kangasala and Orivesi with their chapels; in the north the sparsely populated Ruovesi district at least as far up in the north as Karstula and Soini. In the course of time, 26 independent parishes and municipalities have been formed from what was once the mother parish of Pirkkala. Kangasala, Lempäälä and Vesilahti became independent parishes as early as the 14th century, Ruovesi in 1531, Messukylä in 1636. The chapel of Harju was founded in 1639; in 1839 the major part of it was incorporated into Pirkkala and the rest of it into Ylöjärvi, which was founded as a chapel in 1779, and became an independent parish in 1895. The Pirkkala area also included Pispala and the western part of Tampere. The parish of Etelä-Pirkkala was established in 1922, when Pirkkala was divided in two parts along lake Pyhäjärvi. The name of Etelä-Pirkkala was changed to Pirkkala in 1937.

Swedish name
Birkala

Villages in Finnish
Ania, Haikka, Kataisto, Naistenmatka, Nuoliala, Pappila, Partola, Pirkkalankylä, Sankila, Sionkylä, Sorkkala, Tanila, Toppari, Valkila

Villages in Swedish
Ania, Haikka, Kataisto, Naistenmatka, Nuoliala, Pappila, Partola, Pirkkalankylä, Sankila, Sionkylä, Sorkkala, Tanila, Toppari, Valkila