Keuruu

Keuruu (Swedish: Keuru) is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region.The municipality has a population of 10,161 (30 June 2015) and covers an area of 1,430.57 square kilometres (552.35 sq mi) of which 172.4 km² (66.6 sq mi) is water. There are 316 lakes in Keuruu. Biggest lakes are Keurusselkä-Ukonselkä, Pihlajavesi and Liesjärvi. The population density is 8.08 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.9/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The municipality of Pihlajavesi was consolidated with keuruu in 1969.

Major lakes in the area include the lake Keurusselkä in Keuruu and the lake Pihlajavesi in Pihlajavesi.

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Keuruu is twinned with:

Jõgeva, Estonia

Szarvas, Hungary

Gallery

Summer night at Nyyssänniemi Camping

Summer night at Nyyssänniemi Camping

The new church

The new church

Pihlajavesi wilderness church

Pihlajavesi wilderness church