Akaa

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Akaa (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.^[4]

Akaa Ackas
Municipality
Akaan kaupunki Ackas stad
Akaa medieval stone sacristy
Coat of arms
Location of Akaa in Finland
Coordinates: 61°10′N 023°52′E
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Southern Pirkanmaa
Founded (parish)	1483
Re-established	2007
Seat	Toijala
Government
• Town manager	Antti Peltola
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	314.38 km2 (121.38 sq mi)
• Land	293.26 km2 (113.23 sq mi)
• Water	21.24 km2 (8.20 sq mi)
• Rank	236th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	16,402
• Density	55.93/km2 (144.9/sq mi)
Population by native language [2]
• Finnish	96.7% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	3.2%
Population by age [3]
• 0 to 14	16.5%
• 15 to 64	59.3%
• 65 or older	24.2%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.akaa.fi

The convert has a population of 16,402 (30 June 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 55.93 inhabitants per square kilometre (144.9/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 Tavastia Proper 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.^[5]

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

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 16,056 —     1980 15,767 −0.36% 1985 15,651 −0.15% 1990 16,048 +0.50% 1995 15,986 −0.08%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2000 15,945 −0.05% 2005 16,422 +0.59% 2010 17,012 +0.71% 2015 17,043 +0.04% 2020 16,391 −0.78%
Source: Statistics Finland[6]

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%.^[7] The urban population in the municipality was divided between four urban areas as follows:^[8]

#	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

• Arvo Ylppö (1887–1992), Finnish pediatrician^[9]

International relations

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

Akaa is twinned with:

• Sande, Norway
• Hallsberg Municipality, Sweden
• Tapa, Estonia