Ruovesi

Ruovesi
Municipality
Ruoveden kunta Ruovesi kommun
Central Ruovesi
Coat of arms
Location of Ruovesi in Finland
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 km^2 (366.86 sq mi)
• Land	776.99 km^2 (300.00 sq mi)
• Water	173.97 km^2 (67.17 sq mi)
• Rank	108th largest in Finland
Population  (2024-10-31)[2]
• Total	4,073
• Rank	190th largest in Finland
• Density	5.24/km^2 (13.6/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	96.8% (official)
• Swedish	0.3%
• Others	2.9%
Population by age [4]
• 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

Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,073 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 950.16 square kilometres (366.86 sq mi) of which 173.97 km^2 (67.17 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.6/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.

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  Helvetinjärvi National Park
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  Ruovesi Church
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  Birch forest near Ruovesi

People born in Ruovesi

• Väinö Nyström (1857 – 1918)
• Verner Järvinen (1870 – 1941)
• Kalle Häkkinen (1878 – 1919)
• Akseli Anttila (1897 – 1953)
• Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898 – 1939)
• Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen (1931 – 2015)
• Kimmo Latvamäki (1976 – )

See also

• Orivesi

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "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.
3. "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
4. "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.
5. "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

External links

Media related to Ruovesi at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Ruovesi – Official website