Kitee

Kitee (Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland.

Kitee Kides
Town
Kiteen kaupunki Kides stad
Kitee Church
Coat of arms
Location of Kitee in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Sub-region	Central Karelia sub-region
Charter	1631
City rights	1992
Government
• Town manager	Kirsi Hämäläinen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1,724.41 km^2 (665.80 sq mi)
• Land	865.70 km^2 (334.25 sq mi)
• Water	275.61 km^2 (106.41 sq mi)
Area rank	57th largest in Finland
Population  (2020-07-31)[2]
• Total	10,041
• Rank	97th largest in Finland
• Density	11.6/km^2 (30/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Finnish	97.6% (official)
• Swedish	0.1%
• Others	2.3%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	13.8%
• 15 to 64	64.3%
• 65 or older	21.9%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]	21.25%
Website	www.kitee.fi

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 10,041 (31 July 2020)[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 11.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (30/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

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

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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 March 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 April 2009.
5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.

External links

Media related to Kitee at Wikimedia Commons

• Town of Kitee – official website