Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi [ Ylöjärvi ] is a city in western Finland with 31 521 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012). It is located 14 km west of Tampere on the shores of Lake Näsijärvi in the landscape Pirkanmaa. The neighboring towns and municipalities of Tampere Ylöjärvi are in the East, Nokia in the southwest, Hämeenkyrö in the West, Ikaalinen in the Northeast and Kuru in the Northeast. The community is monolingual Finnish speakers.
The community Ylöjärvi there since 1869, in 2004 it became a town. In 2007, the incorporation of the neighboring community Viljakkala and 2009, followed by Kuru. Although it officially has the status of a city, Ylöjärvi is essentially rural in nature and has no real city center. The two largest settlements of the city are the Kirchdorf Ylöjärvi and the place Soppeenmäki that are separated from the through train from Tampere to Parkano each other. Other settlements in the urban area Asuntila, Harhala, Hiiroinen, Ilmari, Inkula, Kaihari, Karhe, Keijärvi, Koivisto, Kuusisto, Kyöstilä, Lempiäniemi, Liimola, Metsäkylä, Mutala, Pengonpohja, Pinsiö, Pohjankylä, Särkkä, Sarkkila, Sontu, Siivikkala, Takamaa, Viljakkala and Vuorentausta
Coat of arms
Description of coat of arms: In a red shield a golden slumped Göpel cross over the middle floats a golden mean cross.
Twinning
- Sweden Arvika, Sweden
- Norway Kongsvinger, Norway
- Denmark Skive, Denmark
- Estonia Saku, Estonia
- Russia Wyschni Wolotschok, Russia
- Balatonföldvár Hungary, Hungary
Sons and daughters of the town
- Marko Asell (born 1970 ), member of Parliament and silver medalist at the 1996 Olympic Games in wrestling
- Members of the rock group Eppu Normaali
- Esa Keskinen (born 1965 ), ice hockey player
- Jooseppi Julius Mikkola (1866-1946), and Slavic linguist
- Tomi Pettinen ( born 1977 ), ice hockey player
- Antti Tyrväinen (1933-2013), silver medal winner at the Olympic Winter Games 1960 in Biathlon
- Ari Vallin (born 1978 ), ice hockey player