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°ECoordinates: 63°04′30″N 025°51′35″E / 63.07500°N 25.85972°E
Country Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter 1635
Town privileges 1996
Government
  Municipal manager Janne Kinnunen
Area (2011-01-01)[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 63rd largest in Finland
Elevation 140 m (460 ft)
Population (2014-11-30)[2]
  Total 6,797
  Rank 146th largest in Finland
  Density 5.44/km2 (14.1/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 EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
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 6,797 (30 November 2014)[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 5.44 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.1/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. 1.0 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.
  6. "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  8. "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Nõo vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Viitasaari at Wikimedia Commons