Tampere

City
	Tampereen kaupunki
	Coat of arms
	Location of Tampere in Finland
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Tampere
Government
• City manager	Lauri Lyly
Area (2009)
• Total	689.53 km2 (266.23 sq mi)
• Land	524.97 km2 (202.69 sq mi)
• Water	164.56 km2 (63.54 sq mi)
• Rank	178th largest in Finland
Population (2013)
• Total	219,624
• Rank	3rd largest in Finland
• Density	418.36/km2 (1,083.5/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.tampere.fi

Tampere (Swedish: Tammerfors) is the third biggest city in Finland. It is the capital of the Pirkanmaa area. Neighbour municipalities are Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Pirkkala, Vesilahti, Hämeenkyrö, Orivesi, Pälkäne and Ylöjärvi.

The population of Tampere was 215,144 in 2011.^[2]

History

Tampere was started in 1779. At 1800's, Tampere became to be a notable industrialized city and one of the biggest cities in Finland.

First coat of arms of Tampere (1839–1960)
Messukylä Old Church, built between 1510 and 1530
Tampere seen from the Messukylä side of Tammerkoski in the 1837 artwork by Pehr Adolf Kruskopf
The Renaissance Revival Raatihuone (City Hall), 1890; the Red Declaration was read from its balcony in 1905.
The old Tampella factory in Tampere
Painting of Stalin and Lenin at the 1905 Tampere Conference
The city after the Battle of Tampere during the 1918 Civil War
The Social University moves to Tampere in 1960.
Tamvisio's camera operators film a television program at Frenckell's studio on 2 January 1965 in Tampere.

↑ "Väestötietojärjestelmä Rekisteritilanne 31.8.2013" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 15 September 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-18. Retrieved 2012-02-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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