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 9,686 (31 December 2023)[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 7.73 inhabitants per square kilometre (20.0/sq mi).

Kitee
Kides
Town
Kiteen kaupunki
Kides stad
Kitee Church
Kitee Church
Coat of arms of Kitee
Location of Kitee in Finland
Location of Kitee in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E / 62.100; 30.133
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)
 • Land1,253.82 km2 (484.10 sq mi)
 • Water275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi)
 • Rank57th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total9,686
 • Rank99th largest in Finland
 • Density7.73/km2 (20.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish93.5% (official)
 • Others6.4%
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)
Websitewww.kitee.fi

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

History edit

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

Villages edit

  • 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 edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  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. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

External links edit

  Media related to Kitee at Wikimedia Commons