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Keitele is a municipality of Finland.
Keitele | |
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Municipality | |
| Keiteleen kunta Keitele kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Keitele in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′E / 63.1783°N 26.350°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Upper Savonia |
| Charter | 1879 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Hanna Helaste |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 578.30 km2 (223.28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 482.91 km2 (186.45 sq mi) |
| • Water | 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 179th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,004 |
| • Rank | 257th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.15/km2 (10.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 3.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11% |
| • 15 to 64 | 50.6% |
| • 65 or older | 38.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 72600 |
| Area code | 017 |
| Website | www.keitele.fi (in Finnish) |
It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,004 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 578.30 square kilometres (223.28 sq mi) of which 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.15 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.7/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, Tervo, Vesanto and Viitasaari.
Despite its name, the municipality is not located by the lake Keitele. The shortest distance between the municipality and the lake is roughly ten kilometers.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Notable people born in Keitele
edit- Ilmari Tossavainen (1887–1978)
- Kalle Matilainen (1903–1973)
- Rakel Hiltunen (1940–)
- Mikko Härkin (1979–)
References
edit- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
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Media related to Keitele at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Keitele – Official website
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