Viitasaari
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Location of Viitasaari in Finland Location of Viitasaari in Finland |
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Country | Finland | |
Region | Central Finland | |
Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region | |
Charter | 1635 | |
Town privileges | 1996 | |
Government | ||
• Municipal manager | Janne Kinnunen | |
Area (2011-01-01)[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 | 63rd largest in Finland | |
Elevation | 140 m (460 ft) | |
Population (2016-03-31)[2] | ||
• Total | 6,654 | |
• Rank | 146th largest in Finland | |
• Density | 5.33/km2 (13.8/sq mi) | |
Population by native language[3] | ||
• Finnish | 99.1% (official) | |
• Swedish | 0.2% | |
• Others | 0.7% | |
Population by age[4] | ||
• 0 to 14 | 13.7% | |
• 15 to 64 | 60.6% | |
• 65 or older | 25.7% | |
Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
• Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
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 6,654 (31 March 2016)[2] 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.[6] The population density is 5.33 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.8/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 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:[7][8]
- 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
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Viitasaari – Official website
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