Huittinen

Huittinen
Vittis
Town
Huittisten kaupunki
Vittis stad
A view from Lauttakylä, central Huittinen
A view from Lauttakylä, central Huittinen
Coat of arms of Huittinen
Location of Huittinen in Finland
Location of Huittinen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°10.5′N 022°42′E / 61.1750°N 22.700°E / 61.1750; 22.700
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionPori sub-region
First records1414
Charter1865
Market town1972
Town privileges1977
SeatLauttakylä
Government
 • Town managerViveka Lanne
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total539.59 km2 (208.34 sq mi)
 • Land532.65 km2 (205.66 sq mi)
 • Water6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
 • Rank163rd largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total9,560
 • Rank102nd largest in Finland
 • Density17.95/km2 (46.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish94.7% (official)
 • Swedish0.2%
 • Others5.1%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1414.3%
 • 15 to 6456.3%
 • 65 or older29.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.huittinen.fi

Huittinen (Swedish: Vittis) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, 63 kilometres (39 mi) southeast of Pori and 75 kilometres (47 mi) southwest of Tampere. The town has a population of 9,560 (31 August 2024)[2] and covers an area of 539.59 square kilometres (208.34 sq mi) of which 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 17.95 inhabitants per square kilometre (46.5/sq mi).

The town is unilingually Finnish. Municipality of Vampula was consolidated with Huittinen on 1 January 2009.[5]

The Huittinen coat of arms is designed by Erkki Honkanen in 1953.[6]

Risto Ryti, the president of Finland in 1940–44, was born in Huittinen in 1889.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Vampula - Etusivu". vampula.fi. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  6. ^ Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1980 (in Finnish). Otava. 1979. p. 158.
  7. ^ "History and Influential People". Town of Huittinen. Retrieved 28 December 2021.