Mänttä-Vilppula 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.
Neighbouring municipalities are Keuruu, Juupajoki, Jämsä, Ruovesi and Virrat. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Major lakes in the area include the lakes Ruovesi, Kuorevesi and Keurusselkä.
Attractions and events
- The hill of life
- KolhoRock
- Landlord
- Myllyranta Interior Center
- Mänttän Klubi
- Mänttä Fine Arts Weeks
- Mänttä Church
- Mänttä Music Festival
- Mänttä Organ Week
- Mäntänvuori
- Mää oon from Mänttä summer event
- Pekilo
- PekiloRok
- Serlachius Museums Gustaf and Gösta
- Honkahovi Art Center
- Vilppula Church
- Vilppulankoski
- Vilppulankoski Jazz
- Vilpun Vintti
Sports Clubs
- Vilppulan Veikot
- Piston Light
- Star of Vilppula
- Piston Athletes
- Koillis-Pirkan Kiekko
- Piston Heart Rate
- Mänttän Seudun Eräpirkat
- Piston Riders
- Vilppula Riders
- Mänttä Sports Car Drivers
- Vilppula Region Sports Car Drivers
- ESRC
- Kolhon Vihuri
- Mänttä Region Sports Divers
- Mänttä Region Trollers
- Mänttän Kiekko-Pojat
History
Vilppula became Ruovesi Chapel Parish in 1891 and an independent parish in 1904 , when parts of Keuruu were also added. Vilppula Church was completed in the early 20th century.
The isolation of Vilppula decreased when ship traffic to Ruovesi began in 1870 , and the railway was completed from Tampere via Vilppula and Haapamäki to Vaasa in 1883 . At the same time, a road was also built from Ruovesi via Vilppula and Mänttä to Keuruu. In 1895–1897, GA Serlachius built a narrow-gauge railway from Vilppula railway station to Mänttä.
The Mänttä factory community seceded from Vilppula in 1921. In 1973, more than two thirds of the municipality of Pohjaslahti was annexed to Vilppula.
In 2007, a municipal and service structure survey was launched in Upper Pirkanmaa between the cities of Mänttä and Virta and the municipalities of Ruovesi and Vilppula . Eventually, Ruovesi and Virrat dropped out of the municipal union preparations and the city of Mänttä-Vilppula was formed when Mänttä and Vilppula merged on 1 January 2009.
