Kitee
Kitee
Kides | |
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Town | |
| Kiteen kaupunki Kides stad | |
 Kitee Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kitee in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°ECoordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Sub-region | Central Karelia sub-region |
| Charter | 1631 |
| City rights | 1992 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Kirsi Hämäläinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,724.41 km2 (665.80 sq mi) |
| • Land | 865.70 km2 (334.25 sq mi) |
| • Water | 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 57th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,936 |
| • Rank | 98th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.48/km2 (29.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.6% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 2.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11.2% |
| • 15 to 64 | 51.8% |
| • 65 or older | 37% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.75% |
| Website | www.kitee.fi |
Kitee (Swedish: Kides) 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 9,936 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 1,724.41 square kilometres (665.80 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.7/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
History[]
Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.
Villages[]
Haapasalo, Haarajärvi, Hammaskallio, Heinoniemi, Jaakkima, Juurikka, Kantosyrjä, Kiteenkylä, Kiteenlahti, Kontiola, Kunonniemi, Lahdenkylä, Leinovaara, Loukunvaara, Misola, , Niinikumpu, Nivunki, Närsäkkälä, Ojamäki, Piimäjärvi, Potoskavaara, , Puhossalo, Päätye, Riihijärvi, Rokkala, Ruppovaara, Satulavaara, Suoparsaari, Suorlahti, Särkijärvi, Säynejärvi, Taipale, Tasapää, Tolosenmäki, Varmoniemi, Välivaara
Notable residents[]
- Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
- Tuomas Holopainen, musician
- Jukka Nevalainen, musician
- Tarja Turunen, musician
- Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
- Emppu Vuorinen, musician
- Sami Vänskä, musician
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "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 Kitee at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Kitee – official website
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