Kitee

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Town in North Karelia, Finland

Kitee Kides
Town
Kiteen kaupunki Kides stad
Kitee Church
Coat of arms
Location of Kitee in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E / 62.100; 30.133
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Sub-region	Central Karelia
Charter	1631
City rights	1992
Government
• Town manager	Kirsi Hämäläinen
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	1,724.41 km² (665.80 sq mi)
• Land	1,253.82 km² (484.10 sq mi)
• Water	275.61 km² (106.41 sq mi)
• Rank	57th largest in Finland
Population (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	9,689
• Rank	99th largest in Finland
• Density	7.73/km² (20.0/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[2]
• Finnish	92.2% (official)
• Others	7.8%
Population by age ^[3]
• 0 to 14	11.2%
• 15 to 64	51.8%
• 65 or older	37%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.kitee.fi

Kitee (Finnish: [ˈkiteː]; Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of Joensuu and about 175 kilometres (109 mi) northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of 9,689 (31 December 2023)^[5] 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 7.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.0/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

History

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

Villages

Haapasalo
Haarajärvi
Hammaskallio
Heinoniemi
Jaakkima
Juurikka
Kantosyrjä
Kiteenkylä
Kiteenlahti
Kontiola
Kunonniemi
Lahdenkylä
Leinovaara
Loukunvaara
Misola
Muljula
Niinikumpu
Nivunki
Närsäkkälä
Ojamäki
Piimäjärvi
Potoskavaara
Puhos
Puhossalo
Päätye
Riihijärvi
Rokkala
Ruppovaara
Satulavaara
Suoparsaari
Suorlahti
Särkijärvi
Säynejärvi
Taipale
Tasapää
Tolosenmäki
Varmoniemi
Välivaara

Notable residents

Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
Tuomas Holopainen, musician
Jukka Nevalainen, musician
Tarja Turunen, musician
Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
Emppu Vuorinen, musician
Sami Vänskä, musician
Antti Aalto, ski-jumper

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.