Virrat

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Virrat

Total population

7,453

Founded

1868

Land area1162.63 km²

Coordinates62.24°, 23.77°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Virrat is a town and municipality of Finland. Part of the Pirkanmaa region, it is located 104 kilometres (65 mi) north of Tampere and 113 kilometres (70 mi) west of Jyväskylä. Virrat is 285 kilometres (177 mi) from Helsinki. The town has a population of 6,126 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 1,299.07 square kilometres (501.57 sq mi) of which 136.73 km2 (52.79 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

P

Pirkko Korkee

Finnish cross-country skier

Onni Tarjanne

Finnish architect and professor

K

Katja Kilpi

Finnish athletics competitor

P

Pertti Niittylä

Finnish speed skater

E

Eino Sandelin

sailor (1864-1937)

I. K. Inha

Finnish photographer, author, translator and journalist (1865-1930)

I

Ivar Alanen

politician (1863–1936)

J

Jari Yliaho

Finnish guitarist

Harri Jaskari

Finnish politician

Usko Nyström

Finnish architect (1861–1925)

M

Mika Polku

Finnish athletics competitor (born 1975)

S

Seppo Hovinen

Finnish javelin thrower

E

Eero Rekola

Finnish journalist

J

Jukka Sihvonen

Finnish professor

Jukka Tarjanne

Jutta Larm

Finnish personal trainer and television personality

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

Nearby places in Pirkanmaa

• Torppakylä
  2.9 mi away
• Koronkylä
  4.5 mi away
• Vaskuu
  7.1 mi away
• Lahdenkylä
  8.1 mi away
• Visuvesi
  9.3 mi away
• Killinkoski
  11.4 mi away
• Tuuhoskylä
  17.1 mi away
• Mato-Oja
  19.5 mi away
• Ruovesi
  20.1 mi away · pop. 4,208
• Pöytäniemi
  22.9 mi away
• Karjula
  24.3 mi away
• Kuru
  25 mi away · pop. 2,000

Browse all places in Pirkanmaa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.