Viitasaari
Sign in to saveViitasaari is a Finnish town and municipality located in the Central Finland region. It is located between the neighbouring municipalities of Pihtipudas to the north and Äänekoski to the south. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which , or 21%, is water. There are altogether 230 lakes in Viitasaari. The biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi. The population density is .
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Viitasaari
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Viitasaari Keiteleen puolelta.JPG
- Settlement.image_shield
- Viitasaari.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Viitasaari sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Viitasaari in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Central Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Helena Vuopionperä-Kovanen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1635
- Settlement.established_title2
- Town privileges
- Settlement.established_date2
- 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- Viitasaaren kaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 5877
- Area
- 340.65
- Elevation
- 140
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Äänekoski
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Official website
- viitasaari.fi/briefly-in-english
- Image
- Savivuori view.jpg
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- Category:Viitasaari
- Commons category
- Viitasaari
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Viitasaari
- inception
- 1635-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Gmina Rokietnica
- associated electoral district
- Central Finland
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Saarijärvi-Viitasaari sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=931
- P12749
- South Saskatchewan River
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
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Viitasaari is a Finnish town and municipality located in the Central Finland region. It is located between the neighbouring municipalities of Pihtipudas to the north and Äänekoski to the south. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which , or 21%, is water. There are altogether 230 lakes in Viitasaari. The biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi. The population density is .
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Viitasaari” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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