Huittinen

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Huittinen
Vittis
Town
Huittisten kaupunki
Vittis stad
A view from Lauttakylä, central Huittinen
A view from Lauttakylä, central Huittinen
Coat of arms of Huittinen
Coat of arms
Location of Huittinen in Finland
Location of Huittinen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°10.5′N 022°42′E / 61.1750°N 22.700°E / 61.1750; 22.700Coordinates: 61°10.5′N 022°42′E / 61.1750°N 22.700°E / 61.1750; 22.700
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionPori sub-region
Charter1865
Market town1972
Town privileges1977
SeatLauttakylä
Government
 • Town managerJyrki Peltomaa
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total539.59 km2 (208.34 sq mi)
 • Land532.62 km2 (205.65 sq mi)
 • Water6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Area rank163rd largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-03-31)[2]
 • Total9,931
 • Rank99th largest in Finland
 • Density18.65/km2 (48.3/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1.8%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1414.3%
 • 15 to 6456.3%
 • 65 or older29.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21%
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.huittinen.fi

Huittinen (Swedish: Vittis) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, 63 kilometres (39 mi) southeast of Pori and 75 kilometres (47 mi) southwest of Tampere. The town has a population of 9,931 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 539.59 square kilometres (208.34 sq mi) of which 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 18.65 inhabitants per square kilometre (48.3/sq mi).

Sahkon Kievari ("Sahko's Inn") in Huittinen

The town is unilingually Finnish.

Risto Ryti, the president of Finland in 1940–44, was born in Huittinen in 1889.

Municipality of Vampula was consolidated with Huittinen on 1 January 2009.

Politics[]

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Huittinen:

International relations[]

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns — Sister cities[]

Huittinen is twinned with:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

External links[]

Media related to Huittinen at Wikimedia Commons


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