Viitasaari
| Viitasaari | ||
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| Town | ||
| Viitasaaren kaupunki | ||
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 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 |
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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:
- Centre Party 32.5%
- Social Democratic Party 26.2%
- True Finns 16.6%
- National Coalition Party 9.9%
- Left Alliance 5.5%
- Christian Democrats 5.5%
- Green League 2.6%
Sister cities
The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:[7][8]
Nõo Parish, Estonia-
Staffanstorp Municipality, Sweden - Storuman Municipality, Sweden
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Sør-Odal, Norway -
Schlangen, Germany -
Rokietnica, Poland
See also
- Blue Highway, an international tourist route
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ↑ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ↑ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Nõo vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
External links
Media related to Viitasaari at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Viitasaari – Official website
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