Virrat
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Virrat (Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is a town and municipality of Finland. Part of the Pirkanmaa region, it is located Template:Convert north of Tampere and Template:Convert west of Jyväskylä. Virrat is Template:Convert from Helsinki. The town has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count ({{#time: j F Y|Template:Data Finland municipality/population count }})<ref name="population_count"/> and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.<ref name="total_area"/> The population density is Template:Convert. 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.
Major lakes in the area are Lake Toisvesi, beside which the town of Virrat is located, and Lake Tarjanne at the border of the municipalities of Virrat, Mänttä-Vilppula, and Ruovesi.
Virrat crater on Mars is named after it.
Climate
Virrat has a subarctic climate (Dfc). Diurnal air temperature variation is higher than in other parts of Pirkanmaa. Template:Weather box
Notable people
- Seppo Hovinen (born 1951), a Finnish javelin thrower
- I. K. Inha (1865–1930), a Finnish photographer, author, translator, and journalist
- Antti Lieroinen (died 1643), a famous Finnish cunning man and death-sentenced for witchcraft
- Vesa Rantanen (born 1975), a Finnish pole vaulter
- Tom Sukanen (1873–1943), a Finnish-born Canadian sailor and farmer
Gallery
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Virrat Town Hall
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Virrat Church
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Virrat Library
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A beach at the Kalettomanlahti Bay in Virrat
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See also
References
External links
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- Town of Virrat – Official site Template:In lang