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Location of Mänttä in Finland
Mänttä is a former town and municipality of Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Vilppula to form Mänttä-Vilppula on 1 January 2009.
The place name Mänttä comes from an old house which Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (1570–1618) founded in Keuruskoski in the wilderness of Sääksmäki.[1]
It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 6,407 in 2008 and covered an area of 85.84 km² of which 21.61 km² was water. The population density was 100.0 inhabitants per km².
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
References
- ^ Aamulehti, 125. vuosikerta, nro 238
External links
Media related to Mänttä at Wikimedia Commons- Mänttä-Vilppula – Official site
Municipalities of Pirkanmaa Municipalities 
Former municipalities Äetsä · Aitolahti · Akaa · Eräjärvi · Ikaalisten maalaiskunta · Karkku · Kiikka · Kuhmalahti · Kuorevesi · Kuru · Kylmäkoski · Längelmäki · Luopioinen · Mänttä · Messukylä · Mouhijärvi · Pohjaslahti · Sääksmäki · Sahalahti · Suodenniemi · Suoniemi · Teisko · Toijala · Tottijärvi · Tyrvää · Vammala · Viiala · Viljakkala · VilppulaCoordinates: 62°01′45″N 24°37′25″E / 62.02917°N 24.62361°E
Categories:- Populated places disestablished in 2009
- Former municipalities of Finland
- Mänttä-Vilppula
- Western Finland geography stubs
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