Mänttä-Vilppula facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mänttä-Vilppula
Town
Mänttä-Vilppulan kaupunki Mänttä-Vilppula stad
Mänttä-Vilppula city hall
Coat of arms
Location of Mänttä-Vilppula in Finland
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region
Charter	2009
Area  (2018-01-01)
• Total	657.08 km2 (253.70 sq mi)
• Land	534.81 km2 (206.49 sq mi)
• Water	122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi)
Area rank	162nd largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)
• Total	9,271
• Rank	104th largest in Finland
• Density	17.34/km2 (44.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	96% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	3.8%
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)

Mänttä-Vilppula (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 9,271 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 657.08 square kilometres (253.70 sq mi) of which 122.61 km² (47.34 sq mi) is water. 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.

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

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)