Viitasaari | |
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Town | |
| Viitasaaren kaupunki Viitasaari stad | |
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) Coat of arms | |
) Location of Viitasaari in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°04′30″N 025°51′35″E / 63.07500°N 25.85972°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Central Finland |
| Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region |
| Charter | 1635 |
| Town privileges | 1996 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Janne Kinnunen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,589.13 km2 (613.57 sq mi) |
| • Land | 1,248.70 km2 (482.13 sq mi) |
| • Water | 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 59th largest in Finland |
| Elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,100 |
| • Rank | 154th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.89/km2 (12.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 0.7% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 13.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.6% |
| • 65 or older | 25.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 44500 |
| Area code(s) | (+358) 01 |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% |
| Website | www |
Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of 6,100 (31 December 2020)[6] and covers an area of 1,589.13 square kilometres (613.57 sq mi) of which 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. Biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi.[7] The population density is 4.89 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.7/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Viitasaari:
- Centre Party 32.5%
- Social Democratic Party 26.2%
- True Finns 16.6%
- National Coalition Party 9.9%
- Left Alliance 5.5%
- Christian Democrats 5.5%
- Green League 2.6%
Sister cities
The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:[8][9]
Nõo Parish, Estonia
Staffanstorp Municipality, Sweden- Storuman Municipality, Sweden
Sør-Odal, Norway
Schlangen, Germany
Rokietnica, Poland
See also
- Blue Highway, an international tourist route
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Nõo vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
External links
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Media related to Viitasaari at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Viitasaari – Official website