Ruovesi is a municipality of Finland.

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Ruovesi
Municipality
Ruoveden kunta Ruovesi kommun
Central Ruovesi
Coat of arms
Location of Ruovesi in Finland
Coordinates: 61°59′N 024°04′E
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Upper Pirkanmaa sub-region
Charter	1565
Government
• Municipal manager	Toni Leppänen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	950.16 km2 (366.86 sq mi)
• Land	776.99 km2 (300.00 sq mi)
• Water	173.97 km2 (67.17 sq mi)
• Rank	108th largest in Finland
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,122
• Rank	188th largest in Finland
• Density	5.31/km2 (13.8/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	98% (official)
• Swedish	0.3%
• Others	1.7%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	11%
• 15 to 64	51.2%
• 65 or older	37.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.ruovesi.fi

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It is located in the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,122 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 950.16 square kilometres (366.86 sq mi) of which 173.97 km² (67.17 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.31 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.8/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi, Tampere, Virrat and Ylöjärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Helvetinjärvi National Park is located in Ruovesi. The biggest lake in the area of the municipality is Lake Ruovesi. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007–2013 in Finland.

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  Helvetinjärvi National Park
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  Ruovesi Church
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  Birch forest near Ruovesi

• Väinö Nyström (1857 – 1918)
• Verner Järvinen (1870 – 1941)
• Kalle Häkkinen (1878 – 1919)
• Akseli Anttila (1897 – 1953)
• Jorma Gallen-Kallela (1898 – 1939)
• Eila Eskola-Kyröläinen (1931 – 2015)
• Kimmo Latvamäki (1976 – )

• Orivesi