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]
  Total520.91 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
 (2023-12-31) [2]
  Total2,936
  Rank 217th largest in Finland
  Density5.85/km2 (15.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
   Finnish 95.8% (official)
   Swedish 1.7%
  Others2.5%
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 5.85 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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