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Huittinen
Vittis | |
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Town | |
Huittisten kaupunki Vittis stad | |
Coordinates: 61°10.5′N 022°42′E / 61.1750°N 22.700°E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Pori sub-region |
First records | 1414 |
Charter | 1865 |
Market town | 1972 |
Town privileges | 1977 |
Seat | Lauttakylä |
Government | |
• Town manager | Viveka Lanne |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 539.59 km2 (208.34 sq mi) |
• Land | 532.65 km2 (205.66 sq mi) |
• Water | 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
• Rank | 163rd largest in Finland |
Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
• Total | 9,560 |
• Rank | 102nd largest in Finland |
• Density | 17.95/km2 (46.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 94.7% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.2% |
• Others | 5.1% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 14.3% |
• 15 to 64 | 56.3% |
• 65 or older | 29.4% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfc |
Website | www.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]