Virrat

Virrat (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋirːɑt̪]; Swedish: Virdois) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Pirkanmaa region, and it is located 104 kilometres (65 mi) north of Tampere and 113 kilometres (70 mi) west of Jyväskylä. The distance between Virrat and Helsinki is 285 kilometres (177 mi). The town has a population of 6,543 (31 July 2020)[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 5.63 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

For the Martian crater, see Virrat (crater).
Virrat

Virdois
Town
Virtain kaupunki
Virdois stad
An intersection of Virtaintie and Leivontie streets in Virrat
Coat of arms
Location of Virrat in Finland
Coordinates: 62°15′N 023°46′E
Country Finland
RegionPirkanmaa
Sub-regionUpper Pirkanmaa sub-region
Charter1868
Government
 • Town managerJuha Viitasaari
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,299.07 km2 (501.57 sq mi)
 • Land1,162.34 km2 (448.78 sq mi)
 • Water136.73 km2 (52.79 sq mi)
Area rank63rd largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total6,543
 • Rank145th largest in Finland
 • Density5.63/km2 (14.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish98.5% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1.4%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1413.4%
 • 15 to 6461.7%
 • 65 or older25%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]19.75%
Websitewww.virrat.fi

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. 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.

Major lakes in the area are Lake Toisvesi, beside which the town of Virrat is located, and Lake Tarjanne at the border of the municipalities of Virrat, Mänttä-Vilppula and Ruovesi.

Virrat crater on Mars is named after it.

Notable people
  • Virrat Town Hall
  • Virrat Church
  • A secondary school of Virrat
  • Virrat Library
  • A summer hotel Domus
  • A beach at the Kalettomanlahti Bay in Virrat

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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