Mänttä-Vilppula

Town in Pirkanmaa, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Mänttä-Vilppula in Finland

Coordinates: 62°02′N 024°37′E / 62.033°N 24.617°E / 62.033; 24.617Country

FinlandRegionPirkanmaaSub-regionUpper Pirkanmaa sub-regionCharter2009Government

• Town managerAnne HeusalaArea

(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 FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total9,270 • Rank104th largest in Finland • Density17.33/km² (44.9/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish96.9% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others2.9%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

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.

The town has a population of 9,270 (31 December 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)

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.