Virrat

The town has a population of (sourcedate) and covers an area of Virrat km2 of which Virrat km2 is water. The population density is Virrat PD/km2. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The town grew rapidly in the mid-20th century, and by 1950 the population reached more than 12,000. Virrat acquired town status in 1977, although it had received the right to hold markets three years earlier, in 1974. More recently the population level has been adversely impacted by the drift of employment opportunities and people to the larger towns. Apart from the town of Virrat itself, the administratively defined municipality is largely rural, and includes the villages of Äijänneva, Härkönen Jäähdyspohja, Killinkoski, Koro, Kotala, Kurjenkylä, Liedenpohja, Ohtola, Vaskuu, and Vaskivesi. Major lakes in the area are Lake Toisvesi, beside which the town of Virrat is located, and Lake Tarjanne at the border of the municipalities of Virrat, Mänttä-Vilppula, and Ruovesi. Virrat crater on Mars is named after it.

• Name — Virrat • Official Name — Virtain kaupunki Virdois stad • Other Name — Virdois • Settlement Type — Town • Image Skyline — File:Virrat, Virtaintie - Leivontie C IMG 2722.JPG • Image Caption — An intersection of Virtaintie and Leivontie streets in Virrat • Image Shield — Virrat.vaakuna.svg • Shield Size — 120x80px • Image Map — Virrat sijainti Suomi.svg • Map Caption — Location of Virrat in Finland • Mapframe — yes • Mapframe Marker — town • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Finland • Subdivision Type1 — Region • Subdivision Name1 — Pirkanmaa • Subdivision Type2 — Sub-region • Subdivision Name2 — Upper Pirkanmaa • Leader Title — Town manager • Leader Name — Henna Viitanen • Established Title — Charter • Established Date — 1868 • Timezone — EET • Utc Offset — +02:00 • Timezone Dst — EEST • Utc Offset Dst — +03:00 • Website — https: www.virrat.fi/ Virrat (lang; Virdois) is a town and municipality of Finland. Part of the Pirkanmaa region, it is located 104 km north of Tampere and 113 km west of Jyväskylä. Virrat is 285 km from Helsinki. The town has a population of (sourcedate) and covers an area of Virrat km2 of which Virrat km2 is water. The population density is Virrat PD/km2. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The town grew rapidly in the mid-20th century, and by 1950 the population reached more than 12,000. Virrat acquired town status in 1977, although it had received the right to hold markets three years earlier, in 1974. More recently the population level has been adversely impacted by the drift of employment opportunities and people to the larger towns. Apart from the town of Virrat itself, the administratively defined municipality is largely rural, and includes the villages of Äijänneva, Härkönen Jäähdyspohja, Killinkoski, Koro, Kotala, Kurjenkylä, Liedenpohja, Ohtola, Vaskuu, and Vaskivesi. Major lakes in the area are Lake Toisvesi, beside which the town of Virrat is located, and Lake Tarjanne at the border of the municipalities of Virrat, Mänttä-Vilppula, and Ruovesi. Virrat crater on Mars is named after it.

Virrat has a subarctic climate (Dfc). Diurnal air temperature variation is higher than in other parts of Pirkanmaa.

• Seppo Hovinen (born 1951), a Finnish javelin thrower • I. K. Inha (1865–1930), a Finnish photographer, author, translator, and journalist • Antti Lieroinen (died 1643), a famous Finnish cunning man and death-sentenced for witchcraft • Vesa Rantanen (born 1975), a Finnish pole vaulter • Tom Sukanen (1873–1943), a Finnish-born Canadian sailor and farmer

• Illustration — Virrat Town Hall • Illustration — Virrat Church • Illustration — Virrat Library • Illustration — A beach at the Kalettomanlahti Bay in Virrat