Viitasaari

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Town in Central Finland, Finland

Coat of arms

Location of Viitasaari in Finland

Coordinates: 63°04′30″N 025°51′35″E / 63.07500°N 25.85972°E / 63.07500; 25.85972Country

FinlandRegionCentral FinlandSub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-regionCharter1635Town privileges1996Government

• Municipal managerHelena Vuopionperä-KovanenArea

(2018-01-01)^[1]

• Total1,589.13 km² (613.57 sq mi) • Land1,248.53 km² (482.06 sq mi) • Water340.43 km² (131.44 sq mi) • Rank59th largest in FinlandElevation

140 m (460 ft)Population

(2023-12-31)^[2]

• Total5,879 • Rank154th largest in Finland • Density4.71/km² (12.2/sq mi)Population by native language

^[3]

• Finnish97.8% (official) • Swedish0.2% • Others2%Population by age

^[4]

• 0 to 1411.6% • 15 to 6451.9% • 65 or older36.5%Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)Postal code

44500

Area code(+358) 01Websiteviitasaari.fi

Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of 5,879 (31 December 2023)^[6] and covers an area of 1,589.13 square kilometres (613.57 sq mi) of which 340.43 km² (131.44 sq mi) is water.^[1] There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. Biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi.^[7] The population density is 4.71 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.2/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Viitasaari:^[8]

Social Democratic Party 31.2%
Centre Party 24.6%
Finns Party 20.5%
National Coalition Party 7.9%
Christian Democrats 6.7%
Left Alliance 4.2%
Green League 2.3%

Sister cities

The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:^[9]^[10]

Nõo Parish, Estonia
Staffanstorp Municipality, Sweden
Storuman Municipality, Sweden
Sør-Odal, Norway
Schlangen, Germany
Rokietnica, Poland

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
^ "Viitasaari | Tulospalvelu | Eduskuntavaalit 2023 | yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-20.
^ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
^ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Nõo vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.