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Kitee (Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland.

Kitee
Kides
Town
Kiteen kaupunki
Kides stad
Kitee Church
Location of Kitee in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E
Country Finland
RegionNorth Karelia
Sub-regionCentral Karelia
Charter1631
City rights1992
Government
  Town managerKirsi Hämäläinen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
  Total1,724.41 km2 (665.80 sq mi)
  Land865.70 km2 (334.25 sq mi)
  Water275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi)
  Rank57th largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total9,876
  Rank98th largest in Finland
  Density11.41/km2 (29.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
  Finnish97.6% (official)
  Swedish0.1%
  Others2.3%
Population by age
  0 to 1411.2%
  15 to 6451.8%
  65 or older37%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20.75%
Websitewww.kitee.fi

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 9,876 (31 December 2021)[2] and covers an area of 1,724.41 square kilometres (665.80 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 11.41 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.6/sq mi). Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.


History


Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.


Villages



Notable residents



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.


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На других языках


[de] Kitee

Kitee [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈkitɛː] (schwedisch Kides) ist eine Stadt in der finnischen Landschaft Nordkarelien mit 9933 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2020).
- [en] Kitee

[ru] Китеэ

Китеэ (фин. Kitee, [ˈkitɛː] , швед. Kides) — город и муниципалитет в Финляндии.



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