Mänttä-Vilppula

Mänttä-Vilppula
Town
Mänttä-Vilppulan kaupunki
Roundabout of Satakunnantie

Coat of arms

Location of Mänttä-Vilppula in Finland
Coordinates: 62°02′N 024°37′E / 62.033°N 24.617°E / 62.033; 24.617Coordinates: 62°02′N 024°37′E / 62.033°N 24.617°E / 62.033; 24.617
Country  Finland
Region Pirkanmaa
Sub-region Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region
Charter 2009
Government
 • Town manager Mauri Heinonen
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)
Area rank 162nd largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 10,330
 • Rank 95th largest in Finland
 • Density 19.33/km2 (50.1/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.9% (official)
 • Swedish 0.2%
 • Others 0.9%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 14%
 • 15 to 64 62.7%
 • 65 or older 23.4%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5] 20.5%
Website www.manttavilppula.fi

Mänttä-Vilppula (Swedish: 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 10,330 (31 August 2017)[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]

Neighbouring municipalities are Keuruu, Juupajoki, Jämsä, Ruovesi and Virrat.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Major lakes in the area include the lakes Ruovesi, Kuorevesi and Keurusselkä.

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2017" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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