Kitee
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Kitee Kides | |
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Town | |
Kiteen kaupunki Kides stad | |
Kitee Church | |
Coat of arms | |
Location of Kitee in Finland | |
Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E / 62.100; 30.133 | |
Country | Finland |
Region | North Karelia |
Sub-region | Central Karelia |
Charter | 1631 |
City rights | 1992 |
Government | |
• Town manager | Kirsi Hämäläinen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 1,724.41 km2 (665.80 sq mi) |
• Land | 1,253.82 km2 (484.10 sq mi) |
• Water | 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) |
• Rank | 57th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,689 |
• Rank | 99th largest in Finland |
• Density | 7.73/km2 (20.0/sq mi) |
Population by native language [2] | |
• Finnish | 92.2% (official) |
• Others | 7.8% |
Population by age [3] | |
• 0 to 14 | 11.2% |
• 15 to 64 | 51.8% |
• 65 or older | 37% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www.kitee.fi |
Kitee (Finnish: [ˈkiteː]; 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, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of Joensuu and about 175 kilometres (109 mi) northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of 9,689 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 1,724.41 square kilometres (665.80 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 7.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.0/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
History
Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.
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
Sports
The men's pesäpallo club Kiteen Pallo -90 competes in the Superpesis national league, playing at Shore Field.
Notable residents
- Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
- Tuomas Holopainen, musician
- Jukka Nevalainen, musician
- Tarja Turunen, musician
- Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
- Emppu Vuorinen, musician
- Sami Vänskä, musician
- Antti Aalto, ski-jumper
See also
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
Media related to Kitee at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Kitee – official website
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Rääkkylä | Tohmajärvi | |
Savonlinna (South Savo) | Kitee | Kaalamskoye [ru] |
Parikkala (South Karelia) | Khaapalampinskoye [ru] |
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