title: Parkano
text: # Parkano
  
  Parkano is a town and municipality in Finland.
  
  It is located 84 kilometres (52 mi) north of Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region. The population of Parkano is 6,236 (February 28, 2023) and the municipality covers an area of 852.16 $km^2$ (329.02 sq mi) of which 57.50 $km^2$ (22.20 sq mi) is inland water (January 1, 2018). The population density is $7.32/km^2$ (19.0/sq mi).
  
  The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
  
  ## Transport
  
  The private coach company OnniBus route Helsinki—Seinäjoki—Vaasa has a stop at Parkano.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  The most famous person to live in Parkano is probably "the baron of Parkano", Gustav Wrede af Elimä.
  
  * Signe Brander (1869–1942)
  * Yrjö Pulkkinen (1875–1945)
  * Walto Tuomioja (1888–1931)
  * Kari Asikainen (born 1939)
  * Kai Suikkanen (born 1959)
  * Saija Varjus (born 1965)
  * Johanna Lehtinen (born 1979)
  * Toni Rajala (born 1991)
  