Mänttä is a former town and municipality of Finland. It was merged with the municipality of Vilppula to form Mänttä-Vilppula on 1 January 2009. The place name Mänttä comes from an old house which Tuomas Niilonpoika Mäntsä (1570–1618) founded in Keuruskoski in the wilderness of Sääksmäki. It was located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality had a population of 6341 in 2008 and covered an area of of which was water. The population density was 100.0 inhabitants per km². The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Finnish naval officer Eero Rahola was born in Mänttä, as well as World Speed Skating Championships medalist Pekka Koskela. Twin towns – sister cities Mänttä is twinned with: Stary Oskol, Russia References External links Mänttä-Vilppula – Official site Populated places disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Finland Former municipalities of Finland Mänttä-Vilppula