Kitee
Kitee (Swadish: Kides) is a toun an a municipality o Finland.
Kitee | |
|---|---|
Toun | |
| Kiteen kaupunki | |
 Kitee Church | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location o 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 | |
| Kintra |  Finland |
| Region | North Karelie |
| Sub-region | Middle Karelia sub-region |
| Chairter | 1631 |
| Ceety richts | 1992 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Toun manager | Kirsi Hämäläinen |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 1724.41 km2 (665.80 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 865.70 km2 (334.25 sq mi) |
| • Water | 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 57t lairgest in Finland |
| Population (2019-01-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,336 |
| • Rank | 92nt lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 11.94/km2 (30.9/sq mi) |
| Population bi native leid | |
| • Finnish | 97.6% (offeecial) |
| • Swadish | 0.1% |
| • Ithers | 2.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 tae 14 | 13.8% |
| • 15 tae 64 | 64.3% |
| • 65 or aulder | 21.9% |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 21.25% |
| Website | www.kitee.fi |
It is locatit in the province o Eastren Finland an is pairt o the North Karelie region. The municipality haes a population o 10,336 (31 Januar 2019)[2] an covers an aurie o 1,724.41 square kilometre (665.80 sq mi) o which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 11.94 inhabitants per square kilometre (30.9/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Sangwriter/keybuirdist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, drummer Jukka Nevalainen, umwhile bassist Sami Vänskä an umwhile vocalist Tarja Turunen o the symphonic metal baund Nightwish are frae Kitee.
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ a b "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2019.
- ↑ "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 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.
Freemit airtinsEedit
Media relatit tae Kitee at Wikimedia Commons
- Toun o Kitee Archived 2009-03-01 at the Wayback Machine – Official website