Keitele

Keitele
Municipality
Keiteleen kunta
Keitele kommun
Coat of arms of Keitele
Location of Keitele in Finland
Location of Keitele in Finland
Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′E / 63.1783°N 26.350°E / 63.1783; 26.350
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionUpper Savonia
Charter1879
Government
 • Municipal managerHanna Helaste
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total578.30 km2 (223.28 sq mi)
 • Land482.91 km2 (186.45 sq mi)
 • Water96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi)
 • Rank179th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total2,015
 • Rank255th largest in Finland
 • Density4.17/km2 (10.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish96.3% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others3.6%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1411%
 • 15 to 6450.6%
 • 65 or older38.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code
72600
Area code017
Websitewww.keitele.fi (in Finnish)

Keitele is a municipality of Finland.

It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 2,015 (31 August 2024)[2] and covers an area of 578.30 square kilometres (223.28 sq mi) of which 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.8/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, Tervo, Vesanto and Viitasaari.

Despite its name, the municipality is not located by the lake Keitele. The shortest distance between the municipality and the lake is roughly ten kilometers.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

  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.