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Country
  
Finland

Time zone
  
EET (UTC+2)

Local time
  
Friday 11:05 PM

Charter
  
1565

Municipal tax rate
  
20.5%

Region
  
Pirkanmaa

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Sub-region
  
Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region

Area rank
  
108th largest in Finland

Weather
  
-3°C, Wind S at 11 km/h, 74% Humidity

Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland.

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Map of 34600 Ruovesi, Finland

It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,629 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 776.92 square kilometres (299.97 sq mi) of which 173.97 km2 (67.17 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.4/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi, Tampere, Virrat and Ylöjärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Helvetinjärvi National Park is located in Ruovesi. The biggest lake in the area of the municipality is Lake Ruovesi. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.

People born in Ruovesi

  • Väinö Nyström (1857 – 1918)
  • Verner Järvinen (1870 – 1941)
  • Kalle Häkkinen (1878 – 1919)
  • Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898 – 1939)
  • Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen (1931 – )
  • Kimmo Latvamäki (1976 – )

    • References

    Ruovesi Wikipedia
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