Keitele

Keitele
Municipality
Keiteleen kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Keitele in Finland
Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′E / 63.1783°N 26.350°E / 63.1783; 26.350Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′E / 63.1783°N 26.350°E / 63.1783; 26.350
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 481.80 km2 (186.02 sq mi)
 • Water 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi)
Area rank 179th largest in Finland
Population (2017-08-31)[2]
 • Total 2,324
 • Rank 252nd largest in Finland
 • Density 4.82/km2 (12.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.2% (official)
 • Swedish 0.1%
 • Others 0.7%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13%
 • 15 to 64 62.2%
 • 65 or older 24.8%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 72600
Area code(s) 017
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.5%
Website www.keitele.fi (in Finnish)

Keitele is a municipality of Finland.

It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,324 (31 August 2017)[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 4.82 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.5/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, Tervo, Vesanto and Viitasaari.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

People born in Keitele

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2017" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

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