Vesilahti
Vesilahti | |
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Municipality | |
| Vesilahden kunta Vesilahti kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Vesilahti in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°18.5′N 023°37′E / 61.3083°N 23.617°ECoordinates: 61°18.5′N 023°37′E / 61.3083°N 23.617°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Tampere sub-region |
| Charter | 1869 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Erkki Paloniemi |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 353.94 km2 (136.66 sq mi) |
| • Land | 300.95 km2 (116.20 sq mi) |
| • Water | 52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 234th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-03-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,390 |
| • Rank | 186th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 14.59/km2 (37.8/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.8% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 19.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.7% |
| • 65 or older | 18.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 22% |
| Website | www.vesilahti.fi |
Vesilahti (Swedish: Vesilahti, also Vesilax) is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,390 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 353.94 square kilometres (136.66 sq mi) of which 52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 14.59 inhabitants per square kilometre (37.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name of municipality literally means "water bay".
The Vesilahti municipality headlined the case of "pink house", which is owned one of local inhabitants, Katri Hakola. The municipality didn't agree with her color choice and threatened the homeowner with a 5,000 € penalty if the color of the house didn't change. Later, the municipality tended to accept only a slight change in color and abolished the penalty payment. The incident sparked emotions on social media and the indignities accused the municipality of "bureaucratic teasing".[6]
Born in Vesilahti[]
- Jonne Järvelä, musician, member of the band Korpiklaani
References[]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Tuesday's papers: EU election race, bump in govt talks, pink house hassle". YLE News. YLE. May 21, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
External links[]
Media related to Vesilahti at Wikimedia Commons- Municipality of Vesilahti – Official website
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