Vesanto | |
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Municipality | |
| Vesannon kunta Vesanto kommun | |
) Coat of arms | |
) Location of Vesanto in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 62°56′N 026°25′E / 62.933°N 26.417°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Inner Savonia sub-region |
| Charter | 1871 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Pasi Lievonen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 569.80 km2 (220.00 sq mi) |
| • Land | 422.60 km2 (163.17 sq mi) |
| • Water | 147.1 km2 (56.8 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 198th largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,973 |
| • Rank | 264th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.67/km2 (12.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 12.6% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58.2% |
| • 65 or older | 29.2% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20% |
| Website | www.vesanto.fi |
Vesanto is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,973 (31 December 2020)[2] and covers an area of 569.80 square kilometres (220.00 sq mi) of which 147.1 km2 (56.8 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.67 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.1/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Keitele, Konnevesi, Rautalampi, Tervo, Viitasaari and Äänekoski.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
People
- Helka Hynninen (1930–2017)
- Kalevi Huuskonen (1932–1999)
- Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964)
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Joulukuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 11 February 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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
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Media related to Vesanto at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Vesanto – Official website