Keitele | |
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Municipality | |
| Keiteleen kunta Keitele kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Keitele in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′E / 63.1783°N 26.350°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Northern Savonia |
| Sub-region | Upper Savonia |
| Charter | 1879 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Hanna Helaste |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 578.30 km2 (223.28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 482.91 km2 (186.45 sq mi) |
| • Water | 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 179th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-09-30)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,044 |
| • Rank | 256th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 4.23/km2 (11.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.1% |
| • Others | 1.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11% |
| • 15 to 64 | 50.6% |
| • 65 or older | 38.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 72600 |
| Area code | 017 |
| Website | www.keitele.fi (in Finnish) |
Keitele is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,044 (30 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 578.30 square kilometres (223.28 sq mi) of which 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.23 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.0/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, Tervo, Vesanto and Viitasaari.
Despite its name, the municipality is not located by the lake Keitele. The shortest distance between the municipality and the lake is roughly ten kilometers.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Notable people born in Keitele
- Ilmari Tossavainen (1887–1978)
- Kalle Matilainen (1903–1973)
- Rakel Hiltunen (1940–)
- Mikko Härkin (1979–)
References
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
- ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
External links
Media related to Keitele at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Keitele – Official website
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