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.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 74 inbound references to Vimpeli, and connects out to South Ostrobothnia, Finland and Swedish.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1866 establishments in Finland, Populated places established in 1866 and Vimpeli.
Vinony links it to 27 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Vimpeli
- Settlement.other_name
- Vindala
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Vimpelin kunnanvirasto.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Municipal office
- Settlement.image_shield
- Vimpeli.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Vimpeli_sijainti_Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Vimpeli in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Järviseutu
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Sam Leijonanmieli
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Vimpelin kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 2656
- Area
- 41.47
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Veteli
- Official website
- www.vimpeli.fi
- Image
- Vimpeli Church and bell tower 20180716.jpg
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- associated electoral district
- Vaasa
- Commons category
- Vimpeli
- inception
- 1866-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:Vimpeli
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Järviseutu sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=934
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Villages
- Notable people born in Vimpeli
- Gallery
- References
- External links
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.
On the map
3 mapped locations