Mänttä-Vilppula
Mänttä-Vilppula | |
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Town | |
| Mänttä-Vilppulan kaupunki Mänttä-Vilppula stad | |
 Mänttä-Vilppula town hall in Mänttä | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Mänttä-Vilppula in Finland | |
Interactive map of Mänttä-Vilppula | |
| Coordinates: 62°02′N 024°37′E / 62.033°N 24.617°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa |
| Charter | 2009 |
| Seat | Mänttä |
| Villages | Vilppula, Pohjaslahti, Kolho |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Anne Heusala |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 657.08 km2 (253.70 sq mi) |
| • Land | 534.81 km2 (206.49 sq mi) |
| • Water | 122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 162nd largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,109 |
| • Rank | 104th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 17.03/km2 (44.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 5.2% |
| 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 |
Mänttä-Vilppula (Finnish: [ˈmæntːæˌʋilpːulɑ]; 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 9,109 (31 December 2025)[5] 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] Major lakes in the area include the Ruovesi, Kuorevesi and Keurusselkä. 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.
Culturally, Mänttä-Vilppula is known, among other things, for the Serlachius Museum situated in the Mänttä area, which houses the art collection collected by Vuorineuvos Gösta Serlachius (1876–1942).[6] Also, the Mänttä Art Festival is held annually in the summer.[7]
Notable 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
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ↑ "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
- ↑ "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2026-04-01. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ↑ "Serlachius Museums". serlachius.fi. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ↑ "Mänttä Art Festival". mantankuvataideviikot.fi. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
External links
Media related to Mänttä-Vilppula at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Mänttä-Vilppula – Official website (in Finnish)
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