Keuruu

Keuruu (Swedish: Keuru) is a town and municipality of Finland.

Keuruu Keuru
Municipality
Keuruun kaupunki Keuru stad
The old church of Keuruu
Coat of arms
Location of Keuruu in Finland
Coordinates: 62°15.5′N 024°42.5′E
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Keuruu sub-region
Charter	1652
Government
• Town manager	Hannu Mars
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,430.57 km^2 (552.35 sq mi)
• Land	1,258.17 km^2 (485.78 sq mi)
• Water	172.4 km^2 (66.6 sq mi)
Area rank	56th largest in Finland
Population  (2019-01-31)[2]
• Total	9,757
• Rank	98th largest in Finland
• Density	7.75/km^2 (20.1/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	99% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	0.9%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	14.7%
• 15 to 64	62.3%
• 65 or older	23%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	19.75%
Website	www.keuruu.fi

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 9,757 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 1,430.57 square kilometres (552.35 sq mi) of which 172.4 km² (66.6 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.1/sq mi). The town center and Haapamäki village are both the most populated places in Keuruu.

Neighbouring municipalities are Jämsä, Multia, Mänttä-Vilppula, Petäjävesi, Virrat and Ähtäri. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Pihlajavesi was consolidated with Keuruu in 1969.

Nature

There are 316 lakes in Keuruu, the largest of which are Keurusselkä-Ukonselkä, Pihlajavesi and Liesjärvi.[6]

People

• Einari Vuorela, writer
• Hannele Huovi, writer
• Joni Lius, ice hockey player
• Jukka Rautakorpi, professional ice hockey coach
• Kalevi Sorsa, former Prime Minister of Finland
• Matti Kassila, film director
• Mirjami Kuosmanen, actress
• Olli Palola, ice hockey player
• Pirkko Vahtero, graphic designer and heraldist
• Matias Saxberg, sexton and murderer

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns – Sister cities

Keuruu is twinned with:

• Jõgeva, Estonia[7]
• Szarvas, Hungary[8]

Gallery

• 
  Summer night at Nyyssänniemi Camping
• 
  The new church
• 
  Pihlajavesi wilderness church
• 
  The town hall
• 
  Keuruu railway station
• 
  A street view
• 
  Another street view
• 
  Diving tower in Keuruu
• 
  Lake Yltiä in Keuruu
• 
  Haapamäki railway station
• 
  An old level crossing at Haapamäki Steam Locomotive Museum
• 
  Keuruu Old Church

References

Notes

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]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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.
6. "Keuruu". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
7. "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Jõgeva linn. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
8. "Szarvas Town". szarvas.hu. Retrieved 1 September 2010.

External links

Media related to Keuruu at Wikimedia Commons

• Town of Keuruu – Official website (in Finnish)
• Keuruun Pallo – A football club, infamous for losing their every single game in the Finnish division 2 (in Finnish)