Ruovesi
Municipality in Pirkanmaa, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland.
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Ruovesi | |
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Municipality | |
Ruoveden kunta Ruovesi kommun | |
Coordinates: 61°59′N 024°04′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Pirkanmaa |
Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region |
Charter | 1565 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Toni Leppänen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 950.16 km2 (366.86 sq mi) |
• Land | 776.99 km2 (300.00 sq mi) |
• Water | 173.97 km2 (67.17 sq mi) |
• Rank | 108th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,124 |
• Rank | 188th largest in Finland |
• Density | 5.31/km2 (13.8/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96.8% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.3% |
• Others | 2.9% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 11% |
• 15 to 64 | 51.2% |
• 65 or older | 37.8% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.ruovesi.fi |
It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,124 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 950.16 square kilometres (366.86 sq mi) of which 173.97 km2 (67.17 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.31 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.8/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi, Tampere, Virrat and Ylöjärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Helvetinjärvi National Park is located in Ruovesi. The biggest lake in the area of the municipality is Lake Ruovesi. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.
- Ruovesi Church
- Birch forest near Ruovesi