Mänttä-Vilppula

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
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
Country Finland
RegionPirkanmaa
Sub-regionUpper Pirkanmaa sub-region
Charter2009
Government
 • Town managerAnne Heusala
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total657.08 km2 (253.70 sq mi)
 • Land534.81 km2 (206.49 sq mi)
 • Water122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi)
 • Rank162nd largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,271
 • Rank104th largest in Finland
 • Density17.34/km2 (44.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish96% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others3.8%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1411.5%
 • 15 to 6452.8%
 • 65 or older35.7%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.manttavilppula.fi

The town has a population of 9,271 (31 December 2023)[5] 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 lakes Ruovesi, Kuorevesi and Keurusselkä.

People

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  3. "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  4. "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.
  5. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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