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 | 
| 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 | 534.49 km2 (206.37 sq mi) | 
| • Water | 122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi) | 
| • Rank | 162nd largest in Finland | 
| Population  (2023-10-26)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,320 | 
| • Rank | 104th largest in Finland | 
| • Density | 17.44/km2 (45.2/sq mi) | 
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.9% (official) | 
| • Swedish | 0.1% | 
| • Others | 2.9% | 
| 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.manttavilppula.fi | 
The town has a population of 9,320 (26 October 2023)[2] 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
    
- 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
    
- Vilppula railway station
- Finnish national road 58
- Serlachius-museo Gustaf
References
    
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- "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.
External links
    
 Media related to Mänttä-Vilppula at Wikimedia Commons
 Media related to Mänttä-Vilppula at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Mänttä-Vilppula – Official website (in Finnish)




