Ruovesi is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
.
It is located in the
Pirkanmaa
Pirkanmaa (; sv, Birkaland; la, Birkaria, link=no), also known as ''Tampere Region'' in government documents, is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, South Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Päijät-Häme, Kanta-Häme an ...
region
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. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is .
Neighbouring municipalities are
Juupajoki,
Mänttä-Vilppula,
Orivesi,
Tampere
Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population ...
,
Virrat and
Ylöjärvi
Ylöjärvi () is a town and a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region, northwest of Tampere and north of the capital city Helsinki in Finland. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population densit ...
.
The municipality is unilingually
Finnish.
Helvetinjärvi National Park
Helvetinjärvi National Park ( fi, Helvetinjärven kansallispuisto, literally "Hell's Lake national park") is a national park in the Pirkanmaa region in Finland. 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.
File:Iso Helvetinjarvi.jpg, Helvetinjärvi National Park
Helvetinjärvi National Park ( fi, Helvetinjärven kansallispuisto, literally "Hell's Lake national park") is a national park in the Pirkanmaa region in Finland.
File:Ruovesi Church 2021.jpg, Ruovesi Church
File:Ruovesi Forest.jpg, Birch forest near Ruovesi
People born in Ruovesi
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Väinö Nyström (1857 – 1918)
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Verner Järvinen (1870 – 1941)
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Kalle Häkkinen (1878 – 1919)
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Akseli Anttila (1897 – 1953)
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Jorma Gallen-Kallela
Jorma Gallen-Kallela (né Gallén) (22 November 1898, in Ruovesi – 1 December 1939) was a Finland, Finnish artist. He followed in the footsteps of his father, the famed artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
Biography
He studied arts in Buenos Aires i ...
(1898 – 1939)
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Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen (1931 – 2015)
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Kimmo Latvamäki (1976 – )
See also
*
Orivesi
References
External links
Municipality of Ruovesi– Official website
Populated places established in 1565
1565 establishments in Sweden
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