Vimpeli
Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Main other Vimpeli (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the South Ostrobothnia region, Template:Convert northeast of Seinäjoki and Template:Convert northwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of Template:Convert of which Template:Convert is water.[2] The population density is Template:Convert. 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.
In sport, Vimpeli is known for the success of its Finnish baseball team, Vimpelin Veto, which won gold in the 2010, 2016 and 2017 seasons in the Finnish championships. The Island Field ballpark is the home field of Vimpelin Veto,[3] and its well-known competitor is Sotkamon Jymy from Sotkamo, known as long-time arch-enemy of Vimpelin Veto.[4]
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Geography
Vimpeli's neighboring municipalities are Alajärvi, Lappajärvi, Perho and Veteli.
Villages
- Hallapuro
- Huopana
- Kirkonkylä
- Koskela
- Lakaniemi
- Pokela
- Pyhälahti
- Rantakylä
- Sääksjärvi
- Viitaniemi
- Vinni
Notable people born in Vimpeli
- Matti Latvala (1868 – 1964)
- Santeri Mäkelä (1870 – 1938)
- Juho Haveri (1876 – 1961)
- Antti Rentola (1881 – 1919)
- Väinö Rankila (1911 – 1970)
- Terttu Savola (1941 – )
- Jukka Vihriälä (1945 – )
Gallery
-
Vimpeli church
-
Saarikenttä pesäpallo stadium
-
Vimpeli downtown
-
A street sign that indicates the beginning of an urban area in Vimpeli
References
External links
Template:Commons category-inline
- Municipality of Vimpeli – Official website
Template:Geographic location Template:SouthernOstrobothnia
Template:WesternFinland-geo-stub
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpopulation_count - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedtotal_area - ↑ Saarikenttä - Vimpelin Veto (in Finnish)
- ↑ Viikonloppu on suuri mahdollisuus: ”Mestaruus pitää ottaa, ei se mistään itsestään tule” - Pesis.fi (in Finnish)