Tampere metropolitan area

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Tampere metropolitan area Tampereen kaupunkiseutu – Tammerfors stadsregion
Metropolitan area
Boat on the river Tammerkoski
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Tampere sub-region
Seat	Tampere
Area
• Land	4,038.72 km2 (1,559.36 sq mi)
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	416,629
• Density	103.2/km2 (267/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	€22.1 billion (2021)
Website	Tampereen seutu

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 Ylöjärvi.^[2] The Tampere metropolitan area forms a compact, urban-like regional growth centre where people commute from a relatively large area of the Pirkanmaa region.

The Tampere metropolitan area has a population of about 417,000, making it the second largest region in Finland after Helsinki. The terms Tampere metropolitan area, Tampere region, Tampere city region, Greater Tampere and the other terms used are not fixed and may vary in different contexts.

Tampere metropolitan area differs from the Tampere sub-region (Finnish: Tampereen seutukunta), which also includes the municipalities of Hämeenkyrö, Kuhmoinen and Pälkäne. The Tampere sub-region is used for statistical purposes. It is based on cooperation between municipalities and the commuting area. The sub-region has a population of about 435,000.