Vesilahti

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Vesilahti

Total population

4,371

Founded

1869

Land area301.04 km²

Coordinates61.30°, 23.64°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vesilahti is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Vesilahti is approximately 5,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 428,000. It is the 180th most populous municipality in Finland.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja

Finnish cross-country skier

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Asko Kallonen

Finnish guitarist

Mikko Vilmunen

footballer

Pentti Eskola

Finnish athlete

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Jere Bergius

Olympic pole vaulter

Matti Jutila

Finnish mathematician

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Anssi Tieranta

Finnish ice hockey player

Jenni Hiirikoski

Finnish ice hockey player

Roland af Hällström

Finnish film director, screenwriter and journalist (1905–1956)

Ilkka Hanski

Finnish ecologist and evolutionary biologist (1953–2016)

Väinö Hakkila

Finnish politician (1882-1958)

Marko Anttila

Finnish ice hockey player

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Kalevi Tuominen

Finnish basketball coach, association football player and basketball player (1927-2020)

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Arvid Kurck

Finnish bishop

Pirkko Lindberg

Finnish author

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Matti Pennanen

Finnish pesäpallo player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.