Ruovesi is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
Pirkanmaa
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region
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of
Finland
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. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is .
Neighbouring municipalities are
Juupajoki,
Mänttä-Vilppula
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,
Orivesi
Orivesi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the northeast of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Orivesi is approximately , while the Tampere metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population of ...
,
Tampere
Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...
,
Virrat
Virrat (; ) is a town and municipality of Finland. Part of the Pirkanmaa region, it is located north of Tampere and west of Jyväskylä. Virrat is from Helsinki. The town has a population of
() and covers an area of of
which
is water. The ...
and
Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the west of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Ylöjärvi is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the m ...
.
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
Kokemäki (; ) is a town and municipality in the Satakunta Region of Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Finland is constitutionally bi-lingual with a Swedish speakin ...
basin.
The educational department takes part in
Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.
File:Iso Helvetinjarvi.jpg, Helvetinjärvi National Park
File:Ruovesi Church 2021.jpg, Ruovesi Church
File:Ruovesi Forest.jpg, Birch forest near Ruovesi
People born in Ruovesi
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Väinö Nyström (1857 – 1918)
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Verner Järvinen (1870 – 1941)
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Kalle Häkkinen (1878 – 1919)
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Akseli Anttila (1897 – 1953)
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Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898 – 1939)
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Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen (1931 – 2015)
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Kimmo Latvamäki (1976 – )
See also
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Orivesi
Orivesi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the northeast of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Orivesi is approximately , while the Tampere metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population of ...
References
External links
Municipality of Ruovesi– Official website
Populated places established in 1565
1560s establishments in Sweden
1565 establishments in Europe
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