Mänttä-Vilppula (Swedish: Mänttä-Vilppula, also Mänttä-Filpula) is a town and municipality of Finland. The municipalities of Mänttä and Vilppula were consolidated into a single municipality on January 1, 2009. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region.
Mänttä-Vilppula | |
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Town | |
| Mänttä-Vilppulan kaupunki Mänttä-Vilppula stad | |
 Mänttä-Vilppula city hall | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Mänttä-Vilppula in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°02′N 024°37′E / 62.033°N 24.617°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region |
| Charter | 2009 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Anne Heusala |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 657.08 km2 (253.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 534.81 km2 (206.49 sq mi) |
| • Water | 122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 162nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,258 |
| • Rank | 104th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 17.31/km2 (44.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 3.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.8% |
| • 65 or older | 35.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
The town has a population of 9,258 (31 August 2024)[6] and covers an area of 657.08 square kilometres (253.70 sq mi) of which 122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi) is water.[1] The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Neighbouring municipalities are Keuruu, Juupajoki, Jämsä, Ruovesi and Virrat. The city of Tampere is located 97 kilometres (60 mi) southwest of the center of Mänttä-Vilppula.
Major lakes in the area include the Ruovesi, Kuorevesi and Keurusselkä.
People
edit- Eero Rahola (1897–1975)
- Lydia Wideman (1920-2019)
- Veikko Ennala (1922–1991)
- Marjatta Moulin (1926–2018)
- Keijo Liinamaa (1929–1980)
- Risto Siltanen (born 1958)
- Laura Huhtasaari (born 1979)
- Emmi (Finnish singer) (born 1979)
- Pekka Koskela (born 1982)
- Miikka "Lord Satanachia" Ojala (Finnish black metal vocalist) (born 1974)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-09-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
External links
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Media related to Mänttä-Vilppula at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Mänttä-Vilppula – Official website (in Finnish)
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