Ruovesi is a municipality in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Neighbouring municipalities are Juupajoki, Mänttä-Vilppula, Orivesi, Tampere, Virrat and Ylöjärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Helvetinjärvi National Park is located in Ruovesi. The biggest lake in the area of the municipality, Lake Ruovesi, is a part of the Kokemäki River basin. The educational department takes part in Lifelong Learning Programme 2007âÂÂ2013 in Finland.
The municipality of Ruovesi is named after the eponymous lake, whose name may have originally been *Ruokovesi, derived from the word meaning 'reed'. The parish of Ruovesi was separated from Pirkkala in 1565, and included the territories of later ÃÂhtäri, Keuruu, Kuru, Mänttä, Multia, Pihlajavesi, Pohjaslahti, Vilppula and Virrat at that time.
On 31 December 2023, there were 4,124 people living in Ruovesi, of whom 2,032 lived in urban areas (taajama), 2,048 lived outside them and 44 lived in an unknown location.
At the time, there were two urban areas in the municipality: Ruoveden kirkonkylä (administrative center; 1,765) and Visuvesi (267).