P165 - Finland - Tampere

Tampere, Finland

Tampere is a city in southern Finland located between two lakes, Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi. Since the two lakes differ in level by 18 metres (59 ft), the rapids linking them, Tammerkoski, have been an important power source throughout history, most recently for generating electricity. Tampere is dubbed the "Manchester of Finland" for its industrial past as the former center of Finnish industry, and this has given rise to its Finnish nickname "Manse" and terms using that such as Manserock.

The Tampere region, called Pirkanmaa, which includes outlying municipalities, had around 470,000 residents, of which 230,000 were employed, and a turnover of 25 billion euros in 2007.

Tampere is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of 209,749, with close to 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in Finland, after the Greater Helsinki municipalities of Helsinki and Espoo. Helsinki can be reached in 1.5–2 hours by train and 2–2.5 hours by car. The distance to Turku is approximately the same. Tampere airport is the second-busiest international airport in Finland, with 800,000 passengers annually.

坦佩雷(Tampere，瑞典语：Tammerfors），人口206,414人（2006年底），芬兰第三大城市，主要交通枢纽之一。

坦佩雷原为一个小市场，1775年由瑞典国王古斯塔夫三世所建，四年后正式建城。到19世纪下半叶，坦佩雷已经成为芬兰最主要的工业中心，集中了全国几乎一半的工业，号称“北方的曼彻斯特”。

坦佩雷位于芬兰西南部，南距赫尔辛基170公里。全市位于两个湖之间，由于两湖有18米的落差，所以水力为坦佩雷提供了主要的动力来源，直到今日，水力发电还是该市重要的电力来源之一。

坦佩雷市西侧接邻诺基亚市，为世界著名移动电话生产商诺基亚公司（Nokia Corporation)的诞生地。

References sources : Wikipedia