Vesilahti

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Vesilahti
Municipality
Vesilahden kunta Vesilahti kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Vesilahti in Finland
Coordinates: 61°18.5′N 023°37′E / 61.3083°N 23.617°E / 61.3083; 23.617
Country	Finland
Region	Pirkanmaa
Sub-region	Tampere
Metropolitan area	Tampere
Charter	1869
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	353.94 km2 (136.66 sq mi)
• Land	301.04 km2 (116.23 sq mi)
• Water	52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi)
• Rank	234th largest in Finland
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,515
• Rank	179th largest in Finland
• Density	15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	97.6% (official)
• Swedish	0.5%
• Others	1.9%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	19.5%
• 15 to 64	61.7%
• 65 or older	18.8%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.vesilahti.fi

Vesilahti (Swedish: Vesilahti, also Vesilax) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Vesilahti is approximately 5,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 423,000. It is the 179th most populous municipality in Finland.

Vesilahti has an area of 353.94 square kilometres (136.66 sq mi) of which 52.99 km² (20.46 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 15 inhabitants per square kilometre (39/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name of municipality literally means "water bay".

The Vesilahti municipality headlined the case of "pink house", which is owned one of local inhabitants, Katri Hakola. The municipality didn't agree with her color choice and threatened the homeowner with a 5,000 € penalty if the color of the house didn't change. Later, the municipality tended to accept only a slight change in color and abolished the penalty payment. The incident sparked emotions on social media and the indignities accused the municipality of "bureaucratic teasing".^[6]