Valtimo

Valtimo
Municipality
Valtimon kunta

Valtimo Church

Coat of arms

Location of Valtimo in Finland
Coordinates: 63°40.8′N 028°49′E / 63.6800°N 28.817°ECoordinates: 63°40.8′N 028°49′E / 63.6800°N 28.817°E
Country Finland
Region North Karelia
Sub-region Pielinen sub-region
Charter 1910
Government
  Municipal manager Pentti Kemppinen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 838.10 km2 (323.59 sq mi)
  Land 800.35 km2 (309.02 sq mi)
  Water 37.75 km2 (14.58 sq mi)
Area rank 140th largest in Finland
Population (2014-11-30)[2]
  Total 2,367
  Rank 270th largest in Finland
  Density 2.96/km2 (7.7/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 99.5% (official)
  Swedish 0.1%
  Others 0.4%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 12%
  15 to 64 62.1%
  65 or older 26%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.25%
Website www.valtimo.fi

Valtimo (literally "artery") is 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 2,367 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 838.10 square kilometres (323.59 sq mi) of which 37.75 km2 (14.58 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 2.96 inhabitants per square kilometre (7.7/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Places in Valtimo

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  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.

External links

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