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Virrat Virdois | |
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Town | |
| Virtain kaupunki Virdois stad | |
 An intersection of Virtaintie and Leivontie streets in Virrat | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Virrat in Finland | |
| Coordinates:62°15′N023°46′E / 62.250°N 23.767°E /62.250; 23.767 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Upper Pirkanmaa |
| Charter | 1868 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Henna Viitanen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,299.07 km2 (501.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,162.63 km2 (448.89 sq mi) |
| • Water | 136.73 km2 (52.79 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 63rd largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,188 |
| • Rank | 150th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.32/km2 (13.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 3.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 50.7% |
| • 65 or older | 37.6% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Virrat (Finnish:[ˈʋirːɑt];Swedish:Virdois) is atown andmunicipality ofFinland. It is part of thePirkanmaaregion, and it is located 104 kilometres (65 mi) north ofTampere and 113 kilometres (70 mi) west ofJyväskylä. The distance between Virrat andHelsinki is 285 kilometres (177 mi). The town has a population of 6,188(31 December 2024)[2] and covers an area of 1,299.07 square kilometres (501.57 sq mi) ofwhich 136.73 km2 (52.79 sq mi)is water.[1] Thepopulation density is5.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.8/sq mi). The municipality is unilinguallyFinnish.
The town grew rapidly in the middle years of the twentieth 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 areLake Toisvesi, beside which the town of Virrat is located, andLake Tarjanne at the border of the municipalities of Virrat,Mänttä-Vilppula, andRuovesi.
Virrat crater onMars is named after it.
Virrat has asubarctic climate (Dfc).Diurnal air temperature variation is higher than in other parts of Pirkanmaa.
| Climate data for Virrat Äijänneva (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1993-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.0 (46.4) | 8.6 (47.5) | 14.8 (58.6) | 22.9 (73.2) | 28.2 (82.8) | 31.0 (87.8) | 32.9 (91.2) | 30.7 (87.3) | 23.1 (73.6) | 19.5 (67.1) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.4 (48.9) | 32.9 (91.2) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −3.6 (25.5) | −3.3 (26.1) | 1.1 (34.0) | 7.9 (46.2) | 14.6 (58.3) | 18.9 (66.0) | 21.6 (70.9) | 19.9 (67.8) | 14.2 (57.6) | 7.0 (44.6) | 1.6 (34.9) | −1.7 (28.9) | 8.2 (46.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −6.5 (20.3) | −6.9 (19.6) | −3.3 (26.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | 8.8 (47.8) | 13.4 (56.1) | 16.0 (60.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 9.3 (48.7) | 3.7 (38.7) | −0.6 (30.9) | −4.0 (24.8) | 3.9 (39.0) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −10.3 (13.5) | −11.2 (11.8) | −8.4 (16.9) | −2.2 (28.0) | 2.0 (35.6) | 6.7 (44.1) | 9.7 (49.5) | 8.1 (46.6) | 4.4 (39.9) | 0.8 (33.4) | −2.9 (26.8) | −7.2 (19.0) | −0.9 (30.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −36.2 (−33.2) | −37.5 (−35.5) | −33.7 (−28.7) | −19.6 (−3.3) | −9.0 (15.8) | −5.4 (22.3) | −1.1 (30.0) | −2.4 (27.7) | −7.1 (19.2) | −18.3 (−0.9) | −26.9 (−16.4) | −34.2 (−29.6) | −37.5 (−35.5) |
| Source 1:https://www.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/ilmastollinen-vertailukausi | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:https://kilotavu.com/asema-taulukko.php?asema=101310 | |||||||||||||
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