Keuruu

Keuruu
Keuru
Municipality
Keuruun kaupunki
Keuru stad
Coat of arms of Keuruu
Location of Keuruu in Finland
Location of Keuruu in Finland
Coordinates: 62°15.5′N 024°42.5′E / 62.2583°N 24.7083°E / 62.2583; 24.7083
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionKeuruu sub-region
Charter1652
Government
 • Town managerNoora Pajari
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1,430.57 km2 (552.35 sq mi)
 • Land1,257.97 km2 (485.70 sq mi)
 • Water172.4 km2 (66.6 sq mi)
 • Rank56th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,184
 • Rank105th largest in Finland
 • Density7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish96% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others3.8%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1413.2%
 • 15 to 6452.3%
 • 65 or older34.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.keuruu.fi

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 9,184 (31 December 2023)[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 7.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/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]

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Pihlajavesi ennen ja nyt" (in Finnish). Keskisuomalainen. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

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