Keitele

Keitele is a municipality of Finland.

For the lake, see Lake Keitele.
Keitele
Municipality
Keiteleen kunta
Keitele kommun
Coat of arms of Keitele
Coat of arms
Location of Keitele in Finland
Location of Keitele in Finland
Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′E
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionUpper Savonia
Charter1879
Government
 • Municipal managerHanna Helaste
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total578.30 km2 (223.28 sq mi)
 • Land481.80 km2 (186.02 sq mi)
 • Water96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi)
 • Rank179th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total2,023
 • Rank254th largest in Finland
 • Density4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.2% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1411%
 • 15 to 6450.6%
 • 65 or older38.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code
72600
Area code017
Websitewww.keitele.fi (in Finnish)

It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,023 (28 February 2023)[2] and covers an area of 578.30 square kilometres (223.28 sq mi) of which 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (11/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, Tervo, Vesanto and Viitasaari.

Despite its name, the municipality is not located by the lake Keitele. The shortest distance between the municipality and the lake is roughly ten kilometers.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people born in Keitele

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  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.

Media related to Keitele at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.