Ruovesi
Ruovesi | |
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Municipality | |
| Ruoveden kunta Ruovesi kommun | |
Central Ruovesi | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Ruovesi in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°59′N 024°04′E / 61.983°N 24.067°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa |
| 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 (2025-06-30)[2] | |
• Total | 4,002 |
| • Rank | 190th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.15/km2 (13.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.2% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.3% |
| • Others | 3.6% |
| 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 is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland. The municipality has a population of 4,002 (30 June 2025)[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 5.15 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.3/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, Lake Ruovesi, is a part of the Kokemäki River basin. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.
History
The municipality of Ruovesi is named after the eponymous lake, whose name may have originally been *Ruokovesi, derived from the word ruoko meaning 'reed'. The parish of Ruovesi was separated from Pirkkala in 1565, and included the territories of later Ähtäri, Keuruu, Kuru, Mänttä, Multia, Pihlajavesi, Pohjaslahti, Vilppula and Virrat at that time.[6]
Population
On 31 December 2023, there were 4,124 people living in Ruovesi, of whom 2,032 lived in urban areas (taajama), 2,048 lived outside them and 44 lived in an unknown location.[7]
At the time, there were two urban areas in the municipality: Ruoveden kirkonkylä (administrative center; 1,765) and Visuvesi (267).[7]
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 – )
Gallery
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Ruovesi Church
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Birches near Ruovesi
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Population increased most in Uusimaa in January to June 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-07-24. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
- ^ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Paikkala, Sirkka; et al. (2007). Suomalainen paikannimikirja (PDF) (digital version) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland (Kotus). p. 388. ISBN 978-952-5446-96-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2026.
- ^ a b "Taajama- ja haja-asutusalueväestö iän ja sukupuolen mukaan kunnittain, 2023". pxdata.stat.fi (in Finnish). Statistics Finland (Tilastokeskus). Retrieved 1 March 2026.
External links
Media related to Ruovesi at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Ruovesi – Official website