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Akaa (Finnish: [ˈɑkɑː]; Swedish: Ackas) is a town and a municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland. It was created on 1 January 2007, when the town of Toijala and the town of Viiala were united into a single municipality. The municipality of Kylmäkoski was consolidated with Akaa on 1 January 2011.[5]

The convert has a population of 16,429 (31 December 2025)[2] and covers an area of 314.38 square kilometres (121.38 sq mi) of which 21.24 km2 (8.20 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 56.02 inhabitants per square kilometre (145.1/sq mi).

Geography

Akaa’s neighboring municipalities are Hämeenlinna, Lempäälä, Urjala, Valkeakoski and Vesilahti. The city of Tampere, the capital of the Pirkanmaa region, is located 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of Akaa.

Akaa, as well as the town of Toijala and the former municipality of Viiala are situated by the lake Vanajavesi, which is the most central watercourse in the Kanta-Häme region as well as in the southern parts of the Pirkanmaa region.

Demographics

In 2020, 16.5% of the population of Akaa was under the age of 15, 59.3% were aged 15 to 64, and 24.2% were over the age of 65. The average age was 44.6, over the national average of 43.4 and regional average of 42.8. Speakers of Finnish made up 97.4% of the population and speakers of Swedish made up 0.2%, while the share of speakers of foreign languages was 2.4%. Foreign nationals made up 1.8% of the total population.[6]

The chart below, describing the development of the total population of Akaa from 1975 to 2020, encompasses the municipality’s area as of 2021.

Urban areas

The main gate of the prison in Kylmäkoski

In 2019, out of the total population of 16,475, 14,323 people lived in urban areas and 1,995 in sparsely populated areas, while the coordinates of 157 people were unknown. This made Akaa’s degree of urbanization 87.8%.[8] The urban population in the municipality was divided between four urban areas as follows:[9]

# Urban area Population
1 Toijala central locality 8,365
2 Viiala parish village 5,087
3 Kylmäkoski parish village 661
4 Sotkia 210

Notable people

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Akaa is twinned with:

References

  1. ^ a b “Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018” (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c “Population growth slowed down in 2025”. Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
  3. ^ “Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020”. StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b “Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023”. Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ “1.1.2011 yhdistyvien kuntien uudet nimet”. Kunnat.net (in Finnish). Helsinki: Suomen Kuntaliitto. 2 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 April 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  6. ^ “Key figures on population by region, 1990-2020”. StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  7. ^ “Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area, 1972-2020”. StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  8. ^ “Degree of urbanisation by area, 2019”. StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  9. ^ “Population in urban settlements and sparsely populated areas by age, sex and municipality, 2019”. StatFin. Statistics Finland. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  10. ^ Piirto, Hilkka (30 January 1992). “Muistot: Arvo Ylppö”. Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Sanoma Media Finland. Retrieved 23 September 2021.