Vimpeli
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Vimpeli (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region, northeast of Seinäjoki and northwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The most significant road connection in the municipality is the main road 68 between towns of Virrat and Jakobstad.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vimpeli
- Settlement.other_name
- Vindala
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- Municipality
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- Vimpelin kunnanvirasto.JPG
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- Municipal office
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- Vimpeli.vaakuna.svg
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- 120x80px
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- Vimpeli_sijainti_Suomi.svg
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- Location of Vimpeli in Finland
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- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
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- Country
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- Region
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- South Ostrobothnia
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- Sub-region
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- Järviseutu
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- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sam Leijonanmieli
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- Geography
- Villages
- Notable people born in Vimpeli
- Gallery
- References
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Vimpeli (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region, northeast of Seinäjoki and northwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The most significant road connection in the municipality is the main road 68 between towns of Virrat and Jakobstad.
Vimpeli was crucial in the Winter War due to its ski-factory that created over half of the skis used in the war.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vimpeli” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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