Viitasaari

Viitasaari
Town
Viitasaaren kaupunki

Coat of arms

Location of Viitasaari in Finland
Coordinates: 63°04′30″N 025°51′35″E / 63.07500°N 25.85972°E / 63.07500; 25.85972Coordinates: 63°04′30″N 025°51′35″E / 63.07500°N 25.85972°E / 63.07500; 25.85972
Country  Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter 1635
Town privileges 1996
Government
 • Municipal manager Janne Kinnunen
Area (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,589.13 km2 (613.57 sq mi)
 • Land 1,248.70 km2 (482.13 sq mi)
 • Water 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi)
Area rank 59th largest in Finland
Elevation 140 m (460 ft)
Population (2018-08-31)[2]
 • Total 6,295
 • Rank 150th largest in Finland
 • Density 5.04/km2 (13.1/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 99.1% (official)
 • Swedish 0.2%
 • Others 0.7%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 13.7%
 • 15 to 64 60.6%
 • 65 or older 25.7%
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Postal code 44500
Area code(s) (+358) 01
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.5%
Website www.viitasaari.fi

Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of 6,295 (31 August 2018)[2] and covers an area of 1,589.13 square kilometres (613.57 sq mi) of which 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. Biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi.[6] The population density is 5.04 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.1/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Viitasaari:

Sister cities

The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:[7][8]

See also

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 kuukausittain sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, elokuu 2018" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  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.
  6. ↑ "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  8. ↑ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Nõo vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

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