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Kitee
Toun
Kiteen kaupunki
Kitee Church
Kitee Church
Coat of airms o Kitee
Coat airms
Location o Kitee in Finland
Location o Kitee in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E / 62.100; 30.133Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E / 62.100; 30.133
Kintra Finland
RegionNorth Karelie
Sub-regionMiddle Karelia sub-region
Chairter1631
Ceety richts1992
Govrenment
 • Toun managerKirsi Hämäläinen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total1724.41 km2 (665.80 sq mi)
 • Laund865.70 km2 (334.25 sq mi)
 • Water275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi)
Area rank57t lairgest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total9,730
 • Rank98t lairgest in Finland
 • Density11.24/km2 (29.1/sq mi)
Population bi native leid
 • Finnish97.6% (offeecial)
 • Swadish0.1%
 • Ithers2.3%
Population by age
 • 0 tae 1413.8%
 • 15 tae 6464.3%
 • 65 or aulder21.9%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Websitewww.kitee.fi

Kitee (Swadish: Kides) is a toun an a municipality o Finland.

It is locatit in the province o Eastren Finland an is pairt o the North Karelie region. The municipality haes a population o 9,730 (28 Februar 2023)[2] an covers an aurie o 1,724.41 square kilometre (665.80 sq mi) o which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is watter.[1] The population densitie is 11.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.1/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Sangwriter/keybuirdist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, drummer Jukka Nevalainen, umwhile bassist Sami Vänskä an umwhile vocalist Tarja Turunen o the symphonic metal baund Nightwish are frae Kitee.

References

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  1. a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
  2. a b "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
  3. "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. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
  5. a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.

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