Kitee
| Kitee | ||
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| Town | ||
| Kiteen kaupunki | ||
 Kitee Church | ||
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 Location of Kitee in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°ECoordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E | ||
| Country |
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| Region | North Karelia | |
| Sub-region | Central Karelia sub-region | |
| Charter | 1631 | |
| City rights | 1992 | |
| Government | ||
| • Town manager | Kirsi Hämäläinen | |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,724.41 km2 (665.80 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 865.70 km2 (334.25 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 57th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2017-08-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 10,579 | |
| • Rank | 92nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 12.22/km2 (31.6/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 97.6% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 2.3% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 13.8% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.3% | |
| • 65 or older | 21.9% | |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.25% | |
| Website | www.kitee.fi | |
Kitee (Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,579 (31 August 2017)[2] and covers an area of 1,724.41 square kilometres (665.80 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 12.22 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.6/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History
Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.
Villages
Haapasalo, Haarajärvi, Hammaskallio, Heinoniemi, Jaakkima, Juurikka, Kantosyrjä, Kiteenkylä, Kiteenlahti, Kontiola, Kunonniemi, Lahdenkylä, Leinovaara, Loukunvaara, Misola, Muljula, Niinikumpu, Nivunki, Närsäkkälä, Ojamäki, Piimäjärvi, Potoskavaara, Puhos,Puhossalo, Päätye, Riihijärvi, Rokkala, Ruppovaara, Satulavaara, Suoparsaari, Suorlahti, Särkijärvi, Säynejärvi, Taipale, Tasapää, Tolosenmäki, Varmoniemi, Välivaara
People
- Aulis Gerlander, justice (resides in Kitee)
- Eeva Tenhunen, writer
- Emppu Vuorinen, musician
- Erkki Palosuo, professor
- Heikki Karppanen, professor
- Heli Pirhonen, Miss Suomi of 1995
- Jukka Nevalainen, musician
- Miitta Sorvali, actor
- Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
- Pasi Pirinen, baseball player
- Sami Vänskä, musician
- Tarja Turunen, opera and symphonic rock singer
- Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
- Toni Kohonen, baseball player
- Tuomas Holopainen, musician
- Unto Tarkkonen, writer
- Ville Pirinen, comic artist and musician
- Antti Aalto, ski jumper
References
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2017" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
- Town of Kitee – Official website
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