Ikaalinen (Swedish:Ikalis) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of 7,206
(30 June 2015) and covers an area of 843.46 square kilometres (325.66sqmi) of
which 93.16km (35.97sqmi)
is water. The population density is
9.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (25/sqmi).