| Kitee | |||
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| — Town — | |||
| Kiteen kaupunki | |||
| Kitee Church | |||
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| Location of Kitee in Finland | |||
| Coordinates: | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | North Karelia | ||
| Sub-region | Middle Karelia sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1631 | ||
| City rights | 1992 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Town manager | Kirsi Hämäläinen | ||
| Area(2011-01-01)[1] | |||
| • Total | 1,141.31 km2 (440.7 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 865.70 km2 (334.2 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 275.61 km2 (106.4 sq mi) | ||
| Area rank | 99th largest in Finland | ||
| Population (2011-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 9,235 | ||
| • Rank | 115th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 10.67/km2 (27.6/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 | EET (UTC+2) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.25% | ||
| Website | www.kitee.fi | ||
Kitee (Swedish: Kitee) 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 9,235 (31 January 2011)[2] and covers an area of 1,141.31 square kilometres (440.66 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 10.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.6 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen and former vocalist Tarja Turunen of the symphonic metal band Nightwish are from Kitee.
Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kitee Kitee] at Wikimedia Commons
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