Vimpeli
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Vimpeli (Vindala in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,403 (2003) and covers an area of 327.40 km2 of which 39.11 km² is water. The population density is 11.8 inhabitants per km².
Vimpeli was crucial in the Winter War due to its ski-factory that created over half of the skis used in the Winter War.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
[edit] External links
- Vimpeli - Official site
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