Veteli

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Veteli
Vetil
Municipality
Vetelin kunta
Vetils kommun
Veteli High School Main Building.jpg
Veteli High School
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Veteli sijainti Suomi.svg
Location of Veteli in Finland
Coordinates: 63°28.5′N23°47.5′E / 63.4750°N 23.7917°E / 63.4750; 23.7917
CountryFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Region Central Ostrobothnia
Sub-region Kaustinen sub-region
Government
  Municipal managerHannu Jyrkkä
Area
 (2018-01-01) [1]
  Total
520.91 km2 (201.12 sq mi)
  Land502.12 km2 (193.87 sq mi)
  Water18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi)
  Rank 174th largest in Finland
Population
 (2025-03-31) [2]
  Total
2,918
  Rank 216th largest in Finland
  Density5.81/km2 (15.0/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
   Finnish 94.7% (official)
   Swedish 1.6%
  Others3.7%
Population by age
[4]
  0 to 1415.7%
  15 to 6452.9%
  65 or older31.4%
Time zone UTC+02:00 (EET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website www.veteli.fi

Veteli (Swedish : Vetil) is a municipality of Finland.

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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 5.81 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.0/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Evijärvi, Halsua, Kaustinen, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Perho and Vimpeli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  3. "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN   1797-5395 . Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  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.

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