- Kuru, Finland
Kuru is a municipality of
Finland .It is located in the province of
Western Finland and is part of thePirkanmaa region. Kuru lies 50 km north of Tampere. The municipality has a population of 2,782 and covers an area of 820.48 km² of which 103.53 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 3.4 inhabitants per km². The service industry is the primary employer for the area.The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The cost for building is only 0,15 €/ m2. (Huh?)
Approximately two-thirds of the Seitseminen national park is located in the municipality and represents the number one attraction for the area. Eco-tourism, nature conservation, and other nature related studies occur in Seitseminen. The park has vast forests, marshlands, and ridges of preserved land. The park is a total of 4000 km².
The water from the streams and river in Kuru is so clean, it is drinkable without purification. The vast majority of Kuru is either water or forest. In fact, 550 km², out of 820.48 km², of the district is covered with forests. Popular activities include canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking, camping, backpacking and other outdoor activities.
Kuru has vast natural resources including wood, water and stone. The stone is used for gravestones, building material, and memorial statues. The stone is also used for jewelry and souvenirs. The more popular variety of stone that comes from Kuru includes grey granite and "pallograniitti", a rare variety with decorative ring-shaped forms in it.
[http://www.kuru.fi/ Official Kuru Website]
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