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Hämeenkatu is the main street of Tampere, Finland, located in the city center. The boulevard is roughly a kilometre long, and 28.5 metres (94 ft) wide (driveway and sidewalk) at its widest point. Hämeenkatu is a boulevard, which begins from the east at the Tampere railway station , continues westward to the Hämeenpuisto park, and is covered ...
Tampere was originally the northern terminus of the Hämeenlinna-Tampere railway opened in 1876. Until 1882 it was Finland's northernmost station until Vaasa replaced it. [3]: 243 However, Tampere soon became an important intersection station for railways in three directions. The so-called old Ostrobothnia railway was opened in 1883, curving to ...
Although municipalities do not have police or legislative powers, local ordinances concerning traffic can be set, and municipal parking inspectors can give parking tickets. Municipalities are legal persons and can appear in an administrative court. Likewise, the state of Finland is a separate legal person.
Tampere metropolitan area or Tampere region (Finnish: Tampereen seutu, Swedish: Tammerfors region) is the metropolitan area around the city of Tampere in Finland.The joint municipal authority of the Tampere city region (Finnish: Tampereen kaupunkiseutu, Swedish: Tammerfors stadsregion) consists of eight municipalities: Tampere, Kangasala, Lempäälä, Nokia, Orivesi, Pirkkala, Vesilahti and ...
Articles relating to the city of Tampere (Swedish: Tammerfors), Finland. Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. B.
Transport in Tampere consists of car, bus, light rail and commuter rail services linking the city centre of Tampere, Finland, to surrounding residential areas and towns in the Pirkanmaa region. The system is managed by the Tampere Regional Transport Authority ( Finnish : Tampereen seudun joukkoliikenne ), branded as Nysse .
The following is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland.[a] The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality.Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, [1] and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. [2]
The second largest is the Tampere urban area with about 342,000 inhabitants in 2019, [2] and the third largest is the Turku urban area with about 278,000 inhabitants in 2019. [ 2 ] The presence of urban areas is used to regulate traffic, with a default of 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) speed limit inside an urban area and 80 kilometres per ...