Mänttä is a former town and municipality of Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Vilppula to form Mänttä-Vilppula on 1 January 2009. The place name ''Mänttä'' comes from an old house which Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (1570–1618) founded in Keuruskoski in the wilderness of Sääksmäki.Aamulehti, 125. vuosikerta, nro 238 It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 6341 in 2008 and covered an area of of which was water. The population density was 100.0 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Finnish naval officer

Eero Rahola Eero Rahola (15 January 1897 – 22 May 1975) was a Finnish Counter admiral and civil servant. Eero Rahola was born in Mänttä. He participated in the Finnish Civil War on the side of the Whites and took part in the Battle of Helsinki. Subsequen ...

was born in Mänttä, as well as World Speed Skating Championships medalist Pekka Koskela.

Twin towns – sister cities

Mänttä is twinned with: * Stary Oskol, Russia

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External links

Mänttä-Vilppula
– Official site Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland Former municipalities of Finland Mänttä-Vilppula {{WesternFinland-geo-stub