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Vesilahti
Municipality
Vesilahden kunta
Vesilahti kommun
Vesilahti aerial.jpg
Coat of arms of Vesilahti
Coat of arms
Location of Vesilahti in Finland
Location of Vesilahti in Finland
Country  Finland
Region Pirkanmaa
Sub-region Tampere sub-region
Metropolitan area Tampere metropolitan area
Charter 1869
Area
 (2018-01-01)
 • Total 353.94 km2 (136.66 sq mi)
 • Land 301.04 km2 (116.23 sq mi)
 • Water 52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi)
Area rank 234th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)
 • Total 4,469
 • Rank 181st largest in Finland
 • Density 14.85/km2 (38.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish 97.6% (official)
 • Swedish 0.5%
 • Others 1.9%
Population by age
 • 0 to 14 19.5%
 • 15 to 64 61.7%
 • 65 or older 18.8%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.vesilahti.fi

Vesilahti (Swedish: Vesilahti, also Vesilax) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Vesilahti is approximately 4,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 417,000. It is the 181st most populous municipality in Finland.

Vesilahti has an area of 353.94 square kilometres (136.66 sq mi) of which 52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi) is water. The population density is 14.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (38.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name of municipality literally means "water bay".

The Vesilahti municipality headlined the case of "pink house", which is owned one of local inhabitants, Katri Hakola. The municipality didn't agree with her color choice and threatened the homeowner with a 5,000 € penalty if the color of the house didn't change. Later, the municipality tended to accept only a slight change in color and abolished the penalty payment. The incident sparked emotions on social media and the indignities accused the municipality of "bureaucratic teasing".

Born in Vesilahti

  • Jonne Järvelä, musician, member of the band Korpiklaani

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Vesilahti para niños

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