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Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi is a town and a municipality in Western Finland, west of Tampere and north of Finland´s capital city Helsinki.
The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The population has increased rapidly in recent years, in 1990 it was slightly over 18,000. On 31 December 2011 it was 30,942.
Ylöjärvi was founded as a municipality in 1869. Starting January 1, 2004 it is known as a town.
The famous rock band Eppu Normaali comes from Ylöjärvi.
The municipality of Viljakkala was consolidated with Ylöjärvi on January 1, 2007. The municipality of Kuru was consolidated with Ylöjärvi on January 1, 2009.
Mutala is a fast-growing part of the city.