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Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of 5,877 (31 December 2023)[6] and covers an area of 1,589.13 square kilometres (613.57 sq mi) of which 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. Biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi.[7] The population density is 4.71 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.2/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Viitasaari:[8]
- Social Democratic Party 31.2%
- Centre Party 24.6%
- Finns Party 20.5%
- National Coalition Party 7.9%
- Christian Democrats 6.7%
- Left Alliance 4.2%
- Green League 2.3%
Sister cities
The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:[9][10]
Nõo Parish, Estonia
Staffanstorp Municipality, Sweden- Storuman Municipality, Sweden
Sør-Odal, Norway
Schlangen, Germany
Rokietnica, Poland
See also
- Blue Highway, an international tourist route
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Viitasaari | Tulospalvelu | Eduskuntavaalit 2023 | yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Nõo vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.
External links
Media related to Viitasaari at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Viitasaari – Official website
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