Place:Hämeenkyrö, Turku-Pori, Finland

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NameHämeenkyrö
Alt namesTavastkyrosource: Wikipedia
Hameenkyro
TypeMunicipality
Located inTurku-Pori, Finland
Also located inPirkanmaa, Länsi-Suomi, Finland    
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Hämeenkyrö is a municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and is located from Tampere. The municipality has a population of[1] and covers an area of of which is water.[2] The population density is .

The neighboring municipalities of Hämeenkyrö are Ikaalinen, Nokia, Sastamala and Ylöjärvi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The drinking horn depicting coat of arms of Hämeenkyrö was designed by Gustaf von Numers and it was confirmed in 1954. After the wars, the evacuated Karelian population from Otradnoye (Pyhäjärvi) was mostly settled in Hämeenkyrö.

Results of the 2021 Finnish municipal elections, resulted in the True Finns being the largest group on the Hämeenkyrö council, in Hämeenkyrö.

The name Hämeenkyrö comes from Finnish words "Häme" and "kyrö", which together mean a craggy and thicketed area located in the Tavastia region.

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