Viitasaari
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| Viitasaari | |||
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| Viitasaaren kaupunki | |||
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| Coordinates: 63°04.5′N 025°51.5′E / 63.075°N 25.8583°ECoordinates: 63°04.5′N 025°51.5′E / 63.075°N 25.8583°E | |||
| Country | Finland | ||
| Region | Central Finland | ||
| Sub-region | Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region | ||
| Charter | 1635 | ||
| Town privileges | 1996 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Jouko Räsänen | ||
| 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 | ||
| Population (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 7,049 | ||
| • Rank | 146th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 5.65/km2 (14.6/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) | ||
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% | ||
| Website | www.viitasaari.fi | ||
Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of 7,049 (31 January 2012)[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 5.65 inhabitants per square kilometre (14.6 /sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
[edit] 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%
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. 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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. http://www.jarviwiki.fi/wiki/Viitasaari. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
[edit] External links
Media related to Viitasaari at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Viitasaari – Official website
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