Kitee
Kitee (Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland.
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 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Sub-region | Central Karelia |
| 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) |
| • Rank | 57th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-02-28)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,730 |
| • Rank | 98th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.24/km2 (29.1/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) |
| Website | www.kitee.fi |
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 9,730 (28 February 2023)[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 11.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.1/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
- Muljula
- Niinikumpu
- Nivunki
- Närsäkkälä
- Ojamäki
- Piimäjärvi
- Potoskavaara
- Puhos
- 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
- Antti Aalto, ski-jumper
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- "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.
External links
Media related to Kitee at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Kitee – official website
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