Kuru is a former

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, now part of the town of

Ylöjärvi Ylöjärvi () is a town in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the west of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Ylöjärvi is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the m ...

. Kuru is located in the

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Western Finland Western Finland (, ) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. Tampere was the largest city of the province. Histor ...

and is part of the

Pirkanmaa Pirkanmaa (; ; ), 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 and Southwest Finland. Most of the wate ...

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. Kuru lies north of

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

. The municipality had a population of 2,782 and covered an area of 820.48 km² of which 103.53 km² is water. The

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was 3.4 inhabitants per km². The service industry is the primary employer for the area. Kuru was consolidated with the town of Ylöjärvi on January 1, 2009. The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Approximately two-thirds of the Seitseminen national park is located in the municipality and represents the number one attraction for the area. Eco-tourism, nature conservation, and other nature related studies occur in Seitseminen. The park has vast forests, marshlands, and ridges of preserved land. The park is a total of 4000 km². The water from the streams and river in Kuru is so clean, it is drinkable without purification. The vast majority of Kuru is either water or forest. In fact, 550 km², out of 820.48 km², of the district is covered with forests. Popular activities include canoeing, swimming, fishing, hiking, camping, backpacking and other outdoor activities. Kuru has vast natural resources including wood, water and stone. The stone is used for gravestones, building material, and memorial statues. The stone is also used for jewelry and souvenirs. The more popular variety of stone that comes from Kuru includes grey granite and "pallograniitti" (

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), a rare variety with decorative ring-shaped forms in it. Kuru is also home to the forestry department of Tampere College (''Tampereen Ammattiopisto'' in Finnish), where they host international wilderness guide,

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and

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building courses.

People born in Kuru

* Emanuel Kolkki (1869 – 1940) * Kalle Kaakko-oja (1875 – 1942) * Artturi Tienari (1907 – 1998) *

Tauno Kovanen Tauno Kovanen (20 June 1917 – 9 February 1986) was a Finnish wrestling, wrestler. He was born in Kuru, Finland, Kuru. He won an Olympic bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling in 1952. Kovanen was a policeman by profession. References Extern ...

(1917–1986) *

Seppo Lehto Seppo Lehto (born 6 September 1962 in Kuru, Finland, Kuru) is a Finland, Finnish nationalist, currently living in Tampere. The main theme of his activism is the Karelian question in Finnish politics, return of Finnish territories ceded to the Sovi ...

(born 1962)

References

External links

Official Kuru Website
(in Finnish) * Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland Former municipalities of Finland Ylöjärvi {{WesternFinland-geo-stub