Virrat
Virrat
Virdois | |
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Town | |
| Virtain kaupunki Virdois stad | |
 Library of Virrat | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Virrat in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°15′N 023°46′E / 62.250°N 23.767°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Vesa Haapamäki |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,299.07 km2 (501.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,162.63 km2 (448.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 136.73 km2 (52.79 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 63rd largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,199 |
| • Rank | 149th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.33/km2 (13.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 3.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 50.7% |
| • 65 or older | 37.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.virrat.fi |
Virrat (Template:Lang-sv) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The town has a population of 6,199 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 1,299.07 square kilometres (501.57 sq mi) of which 136.73 km2 (52.79 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.33 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.8/sq mi). Apart from the town of Virrat itself, the administratively defined municipality is largely rural, and includes the villages of Äijänneva, Härkönen Jäähdyspohja, Killinkoski, Koro, Kotala, Kurjenkylä, Liedenpohja, Ohtola, Vaskuu and Vaskivesi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Virrat crater on Mars is named after it.
The town grew rapidly in the middle years of the twentieth century, and by 1950 the population reached more than 12,000. Virrat acquired town status in 1977, although it had received the right to hold markets three years earlier, in 1974. More recently the population level has been adversely impacted by the drift of employment opportunities and people to the larger towns.
Major lakes in the area are Toisvesi, beside which the town of Virrat is located, and Tarjanne at the border of the municipalities of Virrat, Mänttä-Vilppula and Ruovesi.
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
Media related to Virrat at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Virrat – Official site (in Finnish, English, and German)
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