Keuruu information

Keuruu

Keuru
Keuruu Keuru
Municipality
	Keuruun kaupunki; Keuru stad
	Coat of arms
	Location of Keuruu in Finland
	Coordinates: 62°15.5′N 024°42.5′E / 62.2583°N 24.7083°E
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Keuruu sub-region
Charter	1652
Government
• Town manager	Noora Pajari
Area (2018-01-01)
• Total	1,430.57 km2 (552.35 sq mi)
• Land	1,257.97 km2 (485.70 sq mi)
• Water	172.4 km2 (66.6 sq mi)
• Rank	56th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)
• Total	9,184
• Rank	105th largest in Finland
• Density	7.3/km2 (19/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	96% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	3.8%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	13.2%
• 15 to 64	52.3%
• 65 or older	34.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.keuruu.fi

Keuruu (Finnish: [ˈkeu̯ruː]; Swedish: Keuru) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 9,184 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 1,430.57 square kilometres (552.35 sq mi) of which 172.4 km² (66.6 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 7.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (19/sq mi). The town center and Haapamäki village are both the most populated places in Keuruu.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Pihlajavesi was consolidated with Keuruu in 1969.^[6]

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024. Cite error: The named reference "population_count" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Pihlajavesi ennen ja nyt" (in Finnish). Keskisuomalainen. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

[total_area-1] "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[population_count-2] "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024. Cite error: The named reference "population_count" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[statistics-finland-population-2023-final-3] "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.

[demography-4] "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.

[tax_rate-5] "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

[6] "Pihlajavesi ennen ja nyt" (in Finnish). Keskisuomalainen. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

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Keuruu Keuru
Municipality
Keuruun kaupunki Keuru stad

Coat of arms
Location of Keuruu in Finland
Coordinates: 62°15.5′N 024°42.5′E / 62.2583°N 24.7083°E / 62.2583; 24.7083
Country	Finland
Region	Central Finland
Sub-region	Keuruu sub-region
Charter	1652
Government
• Town manager	Noora Pajari
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	1,430.57 km² (552.35 sq mi)
• Land	1,257.97 km² (485.70 sq mi)
• Water	172.4 km² (66.6 sq mi)
• Rank	56th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	9,184
• Rank	105th largest in Finland
• Density	7.3/km² (19/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[3]
• Finnish	96% (official)
• Swedish	0.2%
• Others	3.8%
Population by age ^[4]
• 0 to 14	13.2%
• 15 to 64	52.3%
• 65 or older	34.5%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.keuruu.fi