Virrat

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Virrat (Virdois in Swedish) is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 7,982 (2003) and covers an area of 1,299.05 km² of which 136.33 km² is water. The population density is 6.9 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Virrat crater on Mars is named after it.

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Coordinates: 62°14′25″N, 23°46′15″E