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Veteli
Vetil | |
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Municipality | |
Vetelin kunta Vetils kommun | |
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![]() Location of Veteli in [inland | |
Coordinates: 63°28.5′N 23°47.5′E / 63.4750°N 23.7917°ECoordinates: 63°28.5′N 23°47.5′E / 63.4750°N 23.7917°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Central Ostrobothnia |
Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Hannu Jyrkkä |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 520.91 km2 (201.12 sq mi) |
• Land | 502.31 km2 (193.94 sq mi) |
• Water | 18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi) |
• Rank | 174th largest in Finland |
Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,005 |
• Rank | 218th largest in Finland |
• Density | 5.98/km2 (15.5/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 97.5% (official) |
• Swedish | 1.5% |
• Others | 1% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 15.7% |
• 15 to 64 | 52.9% |
• 65 or older | 31.4% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Municipal tax rate[5] | 22.5% |
Website | www.veteli.fi |
Veteli (Swedish: Vetil) is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of almost 3200 in 2019. and covers an area of 520.91 square kilometres (201.12 sq mi) of which 18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.5/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Evijärvi, Halsua, Kaustinen, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Perho and Vimpeli.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Veteli:
- Centre Party 42.1%
- True Finns 39.3%
- Social Democratic Party 7.8%
- Christian Democrats 4.2%
- National Coalition Party 3.3%
- Left Alliance 1.0%
- Swedish People's Party 0.7%
- Green League 0.6%
Notable people
- Juha Sipilä, (born 1961), politics former Prime Minister of Finland (2015–2019),
- Esko Aho, (born 1954), politician, former Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995)
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links
Media related to Veteli at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Veteli – Official website
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