Vesanto

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Municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Vesanto in Finland

Coordinates: 62°56′N 026°25′E / 62.933°N 26.417°E / 62.933; 26.417Country

FinlandRegionNorthern SavoniaSub-regionInner Savonia sub-regionCharter1871Government

• Municipal managerPasi LievonenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total569.80 km² (220.00 sq mi) • Land422.63 km² (163.18 sq mi) • Water147.1 km² (56.8 sq mi) • Rank198th largest in FinlandPopulation

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total1,895 • Rank263rd largest in Finland • Density4.48/km² (11.6/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish97.4% (official) • Swedish0.1% • Others2.6%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 149.1% • 15 to 6448.5% • 65 or older42.4%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Websitewww.vesanto.fi

Vesanto is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,895 (31 December 2023)^[2] and covers an area of 569.80 square kilometres (220.00 sq mi) of which 147.1 km² (56.8 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 4.48 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.6/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Keitele, Konnevesi, Rautalampi, Tervo, Viitasaari and Äänekoski.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

Helka Hynninen (1930–2017)
Kalevi Huuskonen (1932–1999)
Leena Lehtolainen (born 1964)

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.