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°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 (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,369 |
| • Rank | 186th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 14.52/km2 (37.6/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.8% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 23.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61% |
| • 65 or older | 15.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.5% |
| 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 4,369 (31 December 2020)[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 14.52 inhabitants per square kilometre (37.6/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 "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.
- ^ "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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