Kitee
| Kitee | ||
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| Town | ||
| Kiteen kaupunki | ||
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Kitee Church | ||
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 Location of Kitee in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°ECoordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | North Karelia | |
| Sub-region | Central Karelia sub-region | |
| Charter | 1631 | |
| City rights | 1992 | |
| Government | ||
| • Town manager | Kirsi Hämäläinen | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 1,141.31 km2 (440.66 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 865.70 km2 (334.25 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 99th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
| • Total | 10,783 | |
| • Rank | 115th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 12.46/km2 (32.3/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Finnish | 97.6% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 0.1% | |
| • Others | 2.3% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 13.8% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 64.3% | |
| • 65 or older | 21.9% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.25% | |
| Website | www.kitee.fi | |
Kitee (Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,783 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,141.31 square kilometres (440.66 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 12.46 inhabitants per square kilometre (32.3/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Songwriter/keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, drummer Jukka Nevalainen, former bassist Sami Vänskä and former vocalist Tarja Turunen of the symphonic metal band Nightwish are from Kitee.
Kitee is also known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing history.
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 individuals
- Aulis Gerlander, justice (resides in Kitee)
- Eeva Tenhunen, writer
- Emppu Vuorinen, musician
- Erkki Palosuo, professor
- Heikki Karppanen, professor
- Heli Pirhonen, Miss Suomi of 1995
- Johanna Kurkela, singer
- Jukka Nevalainen, musician
- Miitta Sorvali, actor
- Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
- Pasi Pirinen, baseball player
- Sami Vänskä, musician
- Tarja Turunen, opera and symphonic rock singer
- Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
- Toni Kohonen, baseball player
- Tuomas Holopainen, musician
- Unto Tarkkonen, writer
- Ville Pirinen, comic artist and musician
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
- ↑ "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
Media related to Kitee at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Kitee – Official website
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