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 (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 657.10 km2 (253.71 sq mi)
  Land 534.49 km2 (206.37 sq mi)
  Water 122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi)
Area rank 187th largest in Finland
Population (2015-06-30)[2]
  Total 10,706
  Rank 91st largest in Finland
  Density 20.03/km2 (51.9/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 EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
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 10,706 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 657.10 square kilometres (253.71 sq mi) of which 122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi) is water.[1]

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  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.

External links

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