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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 , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Vesilahti has an area of of which is water. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish language. 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 did not agree with her color choice and threatened the homeowner with a 5,000 € penalty if the color of the house did not 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".
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