Kitee

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Kitee Kides
Town
Kiteen kaupunki Kides stad
Kitee Church
Coat of arms
Location of Kitee in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E / 62.100°N 30.133°E / 62.100; 30.133
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Sub-region	Central Karelia
Charter	1631
City rights	1992
Government
• Town manager	Kirsi Hämäläinen
Area (2018-01-01)^[1]
• Total	1,724.41 km² (665.80 sq mi)
• Land	1,253.82 km² (484.10 sq mi)
• Water	275.61 km² (106.41 sq mi)
• Rank	57th largest in Finland
Population (2024-12-31)^[2]
• Total	9,568
• Rank	100th largest in Finland
• Density	7.63/km² (19.8/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[2]
• Finnish	92.2% (official)
• Others	7.8%
Population by age ^[3]
• 0 to 14	11.2%
• 15 to 64	51.8%
• 65 or older	37%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.kitee.fi/en/web/eng

Kitee (Finnish: [ˈkiteː]; Swedish: Kides) is a town and a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region, about 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of Joensuu and about 175 kilometres (109 mi) northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of 9,568 (31 December 2024)^[2] and covers an area of 1,724.41 square kilometres (665.80 sq mi) of which 275.61 km² (106.41 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 7.63 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.8/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

History

Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine manufacturing.

Villages

Sports

The men's pesäpallo club Kiteen Pallo -90 competes in the Superpesis national league, playing at Shore Field.

Notable people

Antti Aalto, ski-jumper
Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
Tuomas Holopainen, musician
Jukka Nevalainen, musician
Tarja Turunen, musician
Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
Emppu Vuorinen, musician
Sami Vänskä, musician

See also

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population increased most in Uusimaa in 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 23 January 2025. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

External links

Media related to Kitee at Wikimedia Commons

Town of Kitee – official website

Places adjacent to Kitee

Savonlinna (South Savo)

Kitee

Kaalamskoye [ru]

Parikkala (South Karelia)

Khaapalampinskoye [ru]

v t e Municipalities of North Karelia
Municipalities	Heinävesi Ilomantsi Joensuu Juuka Kitee Kontiolahti Lieksa Liperi Nurmes Outokumpu Polvijärvi Rääkkylä Tohmajärvi
Former municipalities	Eno Kesälahti Kiihtelysvaara Nurmeksen maalaiskunta Pälkjärvi Pielisensuu Pielisjärvi Pyhäselkä Tuupovaara Valtimo Värtsilä
North Karelia Finland

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