Keuruu
Keuru | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
| Keuruun kaupunki Keuru stad | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Keuruu in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°15.5′N 024°42.5′E / 62.2583°N 24.7083°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Keuruu sub-region |
| Charter | 1652 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Noora Pajari |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,430.57 km2 (552.35 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,257.97 km2 (485.70 sq mi) |
| • Water | 172.4 km2 (66.6 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 56th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,131 |
| • Rank | 105th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 7.26/km2 (18.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 3.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.2% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.3% |
| • 65 or older | 34.5% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Keuruu (Finnish: [ˈkeu̯ruː]; Swedish: Keuru) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 9,131 (31 October 2024)[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 7.26 inhabitants per square kilometre (18.8/sq mi). The town center and Haapamäki village are both the most populated places in Keuruu.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Pihlajavesi was consolidated with Keuruu in 1969.[5]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Pihlajavesi ennen ja nyt" (in Finnish). Keskisuomalainen. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2021.