Keitele
Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the lake, see Lake Keitele.
Keitele is a municipality of Finland.
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Keitele | |
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Municipality | |
Keiteleen kunta Keitele kommun | |
Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′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 (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,035 |
• Rank | 256th largest in Finland |
• Density | 4.21/km2 (10.9/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 96.3% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 3.6% |
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) |
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It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,035 (31 December 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 4.21 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.9/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.