Editing Parikkala (section)

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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Parikkala
| official_name = {{lang|fi|Parikkalan kunta}}<br/>{{lang|sv|Parikkala kommun}}
| settlement_type = Municipality
| image_skyline = Parikkalan kirkko.jpg
| image_caption = Church of Parikkala
| image_shield = Parikkala.vaakuna.svg
| shield_size = 120x80px
| image_map = Parikkala sijainti Suomi.svg
| map_caption = Location of Parikkala in Finland
|coordinates = {{coord|61|33|N|029|30|E|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[South Karelia]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Imatra sub-region|Imatra]]
| leader_title = Municipality manager
| leader_name = Mervi Pääkkö
| established_title = Charter
| established_date = 1635
|area_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|area_footnotes|Parikkala}}
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|area_rank = {{Data Finland municipality|area_rank|Parikkala}}
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|population_footnotes = {{Data Finland municipality|population_footnotes|Parikkala}}
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|demographics1_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics1_title3|Parikkala}}
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|demographics2_title2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title2|Parikkala}}
|demographics2_info2 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info2|Parikkala}}
|demographics2_title3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_title3|Parikkala}}
|demographics2_info3 = {{Data Finland municipality|demographics2_info3|Parikkala}}
|blank_name = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_name|Parikkala}}
|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Parikkala}}
| blank3_name = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank3_info = [[Subarctic climate|Dfc]]
|timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
|utc_offset = +02:00
|timezone_DST = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
|utc_offset_DST = +03:00
| website = {{Url|https://parikkala.fi/}}
}}

'''Parikkala''' ({{IPA|fi|ˈpɑrikːɑlɑ}}) is a [[municipalities of Finland|municipality of Finland]] located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Southern Finland]] and is part of the [[South Karelia]] [[regions of Finland|region]], {{convert|97|km}} from [[Lappeenranta]] and {{convert|139|km}} from [[Joensuu]]. The town center of Parikkala is about {{convert|10|km}} from the [[Finland–Russia border|Russian border]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Parikkala}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count"/> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Parikkala}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Parikkala}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area"/> The [[population density]] is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Parikkala|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

Parikkala is located around lake [[rautjärvi|Simpele]] and it is a part of a countryside rich with hills and chains of ridges. The municipality is unilingually [[Finnish language|Finnish]].