Keitele

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Keitele
Municipality
Keiteleen kunta
Keitele kommun
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Keitele sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Keitele in Finland
Coordinates: 63°10.7′N026°21′E / 63.1783°N 26.350°E / 63.1783; 26.350
CountryFlag of Finland.svg Finland
Region Northern Savonia
Sub-region Upper Savonia
Charter 1879
Government
  Municipal managerHanna Helaste
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
  Total
578.30 km2 (223.28 sq mi)
  Land482.91 km2 (186.45 sq mi)
  Water96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi)
  Rank 179th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-06-30) [2]
  Total
1,964
  Rank 258th largest in Finland
  Density4.07/km2 (10.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
[2]
   Finnish 96.4% (official)
  Others3.6%
Population by age
[3]
  0 to 1411%
  15 to 6450.6%
  65 or older38.3%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code
72600
Area code 017
Website www.keitele.fi OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg (in Finnish)

Keitele is a municipality of Finland.

It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,964 (30 June 2025) [2] and covers an area of 578.30 square kilometres (223.28 sq mi) of which 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) is water. [1] The population density is 4.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.5/sq mi).

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Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, Tervo, Vesanto and Viitasaari.

Despite its name, the municipality is not located by the lake Keitele. The shortest distance between the municipality and the lake is roughly ten kilometers.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people born in Keitele

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Population increased most in Uusimaa in January to June 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 July 2025. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  3. "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.

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