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 (253.7 sq mi)
– Land	534.49 km2 (206.4 sq mi)
– Water	122.61 km2 (47.3 sq mi)
Area rank	187th largest in Finland
Population (2011-01-31)[2]
– Total	11,388
– Rank	91st largest in Finland
– Density	21.31/km2 (55.2/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 1st, 2009. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region.

The town has a population of 11,388 (31 January 2011)^[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. ^ ^{a b} "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=4258&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 18 February 2011. 
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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. 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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009. 
5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 

External links

Media related to Mänttä-Vilppula at Wikimedia Commons

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