Keitele

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Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Keitele in Finland

Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′E / 63.1783°N 26.350°E / 63.1783; 26.350Country

FinlandRegionNorthern SavoniaSub-regionUpper SavoniaCharter1879Government

• Municipal managerHanna HelasteArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total578.30 km² (223.28 sq mi) • Land482.91 km² (186.45 sq mi) • Water96.59 km² (37.29 sq mi) • Rank179th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,035 • Rank256th largest in Finland • Density4.21/km² (10.9/sq mi)Population by native language

^[2]

• Finnish96.3% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others3.6%Population by age

^[3]

• 0 to 1411% • 15 to 6450.6% • 65 or older38.3%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Postal code

72600

Area code017Websitewww.keitele.fi (in Finnish)

Keitele is a municipality of Finland.

It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,035 (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.

Notable people born in Keitele

Ilmari Tossavainen (1887–1978)
Kalle Matilainen (1903–1973)
Rakel Hiltunen (1940–)
Mikko Härkin (1979–)

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.