Mänttä-Vilppula

Mänttä-Vilppula (Finnish: [ˈmæntːæˌʋilpːulɑ]; Swedish: Mänttä-Vilppula, also Mänttä-Filpula) is a town and municipality of Finland. The municipalities of Mänttä and Vilppula were consolidated into a single municipality on January 1, 2009. It is located in the Pirkanmaa region.

Mänttä-Vilppula
Town
Mänttä-Vilppulan kaupunki Mänttä-Vilppula stad
Mänttä-Vilppula town hall in Mänttä
Coat of arms
Location of Mänttä-Vilppula in Finland
Coordinates: 62°02′N 024°37′E
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Upper Pirkanmaa
Charter	2009
Seat	Mänttä
Villages	Vilppula, Pohjaslahti, Kolho
Government
• Town manager	Anne Heusala
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	657.08 km2 (253.70 sq mi)
• Land	534.81 km2 (206.49 sq mi)
• Water	122.61 km2 (47.34 sq mi)
• Rank	162nd largest in Finland
Population  (2025-06-30)[2]
• Total	9,234
• Rank	104th largest in Finland
• Density	17.27/km2 (44.7/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	94.8% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	5.1%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	11.5%
• 15 to 64	52.8%
• 65 or older	35.7%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.manttavilppula.fi

The town has a population of 9,234 (30 June 2025)^[5] and covers an area of 657.08 square kilometres (253.70 sq mi) of which 122.61 km² (47.34 sq mi) is water.^[1] Major lakes in the area include the Ruovesi, Kuorevesi and Keurusselkä. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Neighbouring municipalities are Keuruu, Juupajoki, Jämsä, Ruovesi and Virrat. The city of Tampere is located 97 kilometres (60 mi) southwest of the center of Mänttä-Vilppula.

The Serlachius Art Museum

Culturally, Mänttä-Vilppula is known, among other things, for the Serlachius Museum situated in the Mänttä area, which houses the art collection collected by Vuorineuvos Gösta Serlachius (1876–1942).^[6] Also, the Mänttä Art Festival is held annually in the summer.^[7]

Notable people

• Eero Rahola (1897–1975)
• Lydia Wideman (1920-2019)
• Veikko Ennala (1922–1991)
• Marjatta Moulin (1926–2018)
• Keijo Liinamaa (1929–1980)
• Risto Siltanen (born 1958)
• Laura Huhtasaari (born 1979)
• Emmi (Finnish singer) (born 1979)
• Pekka Koskela (born 1982)
• Miikka "Lord Satanachia" Ojala (Finnish black metal vocalist) (born 1974)

See also

• Vilppula railway station
• Finnish national road 58
• Serlachius-museo Gustaf [fi]