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Tampere

Northern Europe

Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa, in the Finnish Lakeland. Its population is about 263,000, while its metropolitan area has a population of about 428,000, making it Finland's third most populous municipality and the second most populous urban area in the country after the Helsinki metropolitan area.

Facts
Population
255,333 1
Area (sq km)
689.59 1
Founding Year
1779 1
Population Estimate Year
2024 1
Latitude
61.498056 degrees north 1
Longitude
23.76 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Continental 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 2
Sources
1. Tampere (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    +1779-10-01T00:00:00Z
  • P1082 (population)
    population 255,333 (2024)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 61.498056, longitude 23.76
  • P2046 (area)
    area 689.59 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 255333 (2024)
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2. GeoNames: Tampere - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 634963
    61.49911 23.78712 P PPLA FI 06 064 837 260646 114 Europe/Helsinki
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 114 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 61.25, 23.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 61.25, 23.75
61.25 23.75 Dfc
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Wikidata: Tampere
Wikidata Q40840, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
Tampere (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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