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Virrat
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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 population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Virrat
- Settlement.other_name
- Virdois
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Virrat, Virtaintie - Leivontie C IMG 2722.JPG
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.image_caption
- An intersection of Virtaintie and Leivontie streets in Virrat
- Settlement.image_shield
- Virrat.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Virrat sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Virrat in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pirkanmaa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Upper Pirkanmaa
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Virdois stad
- Population
- 6275
- Area
- 136.43
- Official website
- www.virrat.fi
- Image
- Virtain keskusta.jpg
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- Commons category
- Virrat
- inception
- 1868-01-01
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=936
- native label
- Virdois
- P12749
- microprocessor
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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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 population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The town grew rapidly in the mid-20th century, and by 1950 the population reached more than 12,000. Virrat acquired town status in 1977, although it had received the right to hold markets three years earlier, in 1974. More recently the population level has been adversely impacted by the drift of employment opportunities and people to the larger towns. Apart from the town of Virrat itself, the administratively defined municipality is largely rural, and includes the villages of Äijänneva, Härkönen Jäähdyspohja, Killinkoski, Koro, Kotala, Kurjenkylä, Liedenpohja, Ohtola, Vaskuu, and Vaskivesi.
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