Mänttä-Vilppula

Mänttä-Vilppula
Town
Mänttä-Vilppulan kaupunki
Mänttä-Vilppula stad
Mänttä-Vilppula city hall
Mänttä-Vilppula city hall
Coat of arms of Mänttä-Vilppula
Location of Mänttä-Vilppula in Finland
Location of Mänttä-Vilppula in Finland
Coordinates: 62°02′N 024°37′E / 62.033°N 24.617°E / 62.033; 24.617
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]
 • Total9,270
 • 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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  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. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

External links

Media related to Mänttä-Vilppula at Wikimedia Commons

  • Town of Mänttä-Vilppula – Official website (in Finnish)


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