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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 9,876 (31 December 2021)[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 18.54 inhabitants per square kilometre (48.0/sq mi).

Huittinen
Vittis
Town
Huittisten kaupunki
Vittis stad
A view from Lauttakylä, central Huittinen
Coat of arms
Location of Huittinen in Finland
Coordinates: 61°10.5′N 022°42′E
Country Finland
RegionSatakunta
Sub-regionPori sub-region
Charter1865
Market town1972
Town privileges1977
SeatLauttakylä
Government
 • Town managerViveka Lanne
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total539.59 km2 (208.34 sq mi)
 • Land532.62 km2 (205.65 sq mi)
 • Water6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
 • Rank163rd largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,876
 • Rank99th largest in Finland
 • Density18.54/km2 (48.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.1% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1.8%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1414.3%
 • 15 to 6456.3%
 • 65 or older29.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21%
ClimateDfc
Websitewww.huittinen.fi

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

The Jokisivu gold mine operates in Huittinen, with an annual production of around 300–400 kilos of gold.[6]

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


Politics


Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Huittinen:


International relations


See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns — Sister cities


Huittinen is twinned with:


See also



References


  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. Jokisivu - Mineral Deposit Report – Geological Survey of Finland
  7. "History and Influential People". Town of Huittinen. Retrieved December 28, 2021.


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[de] Huittinen

Huittinen (schwedisch Vittis) ist eine Stadt mit 9937 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2020) in Südwestfinnland. Sie liegt etwa auf halber Strecke zwischen den Großstädten Tampere und Turku in der Landschaft Satakunta. Huittinen ist ausschließlich finnischsprachig.
- [en] Huittinen

[ru] Гуйттинен

Ху́йттинен (фин. Huittinen; у шведскоговорящих Ви́ттис (швед. Vittis, устар. Хвиттис, швед. Hvittis)) — город в провинции Сатакунта в губернии Западная Финляндия. Основан в 1865 году, статус города получил в 1977 году.


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