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'''Keuruu''' ({{IPA-|fi|ˈkeu̯ruː|lang}}; {{lang-sv|Keuru}}) is a [[List of cities and towns in Finland|town]] and [[municipalities of Finland|municipality]] of [[Finland]]. It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|province]] of [[Western Finland]] and is part of the [[Central Finland]] [[regions of Finland|region]]. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Keuruu}}}} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }})<ref name="population_count"/> and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Keuruu}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Keuruu}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water.<ref name="total_area"/> The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Keuruu|round=2}}|PD/km2}}. The town center and [[Haapamäki]] village are both the most populated places in Keuruu.

There are 316 lakes in Keuruu such as [[Keuruun Kaituri]], [[Hallinjärvi]], and [[Kolonjärvi]], but the largest of which are [[Keurusselkä|Keurusselkä-Ukonselkä]], [[Pihlajavesi (Keuruu)|Pihlajavesi]], and [[Liesjärvi]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jarviwiki.fi/wiki/Keuruu |title=Keuruu |year=2012 |work=Järviwiki |publisher=Finland's Environmental Administration |access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref>

Keuruu was originally known as ''Keuru''. This name is first mentioned in 1552 as a wilderness used for hunting by the people of [[Sääksmäki]]. The northern part of the modern municipality was held by the people of [[Kangasala]] instead. [[Savonian people|Savonians]] settled the area in 1564, but some [[Tavastians]] also moved to their hunting grounds in the same area. At the time, it was possible to distinguish Savonians and Tavastians just by their names: Savonians had surnames, usually ending in ''-nen'', while Tavastiansthat hadwas nonenot the case with the names of Tavastians. Out of the eleven original settlers, six were Savonians (surnames ''Karjalainen, Koponen, Manninen, Pynnänen, Ruoranen, Tiusanen'') and five were Tavastians.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

The village was first mentioned in 1567 as ''Köyris''. It was a part of the [[Ruovesi]] parish since 1571 and until 1636. By 1571, 31 new Savonian settlers had moved into the area while only two Tavastians remained, but more Tavastians came in the 17th century. The Savonians mostly came from [[Rautalampi]] and [[Laukaa]]. The Savonians and Tavastians later mixed, the local [[Savonian dialects|Savonian dialect]] is a relic of this. The southern part held by Sääksmäki was added to the new Keuruu parish in 1640.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}

[[Multia]] and [[Pihlajavesi, Keuruu|Pihlajavesi]] were originally parts of the Keuruu parish. Multia was split off in 1872 and Pihlajavesi in 1910,. howeverHowever Pihlajavesi rejoined Keuruu in 1969. The villages of Kivijärvi and Niemisvesi in [[Ähtäri]] were originally villages of the Keuruu parish.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|url=https://kaino.kotus.fi/www/verkkojulkaisut/julk63/SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf|page=157|access-date=20 August 2022|website=kaino.kotus.fi|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Keuruun pitäjän historia, kirj. Aksel Warén.|url=https://keuruunveraja.fi/files/original/7667927062ca7840a4d512ef71a4164f.pdf|access-date=20 August 2022|website=keuruunveraja.fi|language=fi}}</ref>