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Veteli Vetil | |
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Municipality | |
| Vetelin kunta Vetils kommun | |
 Veteli High School | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Veteli in Finland | |
| 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 (2025-03-31) [2] | |
• Total | 2,918 |
| • Rank | 216th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.81/km2 (15.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.7% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.6% |
| • Others | 3.7% |
| 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.
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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.
