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Veteli Vetil | |
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Municipality | |
Vetelin kunta Vetils kommun | |
Coordinates: 63°28.5′N23°47.5′E / 63.4750°N 23.7917°E | |
Country | Finland |
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 | 502.12 km2 (193.87 sq mi) |
• Water | 18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi) |
• Rank | 174th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31) [2] | |
• Total | 2,936 |
• Rank | 217th largest in Finland |
• Density | 5.85/km2 (15.2/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 95.8% (official) |
• Swedish | 1.7% |
• Others | 2.5% |
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) |
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 5.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.2/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Evijärvi, Halsua, Kaustinen, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Perho and Vimpeli.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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