Vesilahti

Vesilahti
Municipality
Vesilahden kunta
Vesilahti kommun
Coat of arms of Vesilahti
Coat of arms
Location of Vesilahti in Finland
Location of Vesilahti in Finland
Coordinates: 61°18.5′N 023°37′E / 61.3083°N 23.617°E / 61.3083; 23.617
Country Finland
RegionPirkanmaa
Sub-regionTampere sub-region
Metropolitan areaTampere metropolitan area
Charter1869
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
353.94 km2 (136.66 sq mi)
 • Land301.04 km2 (116.23 sq mi)
 • Water52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi)
 • Rank234th largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-10-31)[2]
 • Total
4,508
 • Rank180th largest in Finland
 • Density14.97/km2 (38.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97.6% (official)
 • Swedish0.5%
 • Others1.9%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1419.5%
 • 15 to 6461.7%
 • 65 or older18.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.vesilahti.fi

Vesilahti (Swedish: Vesilahti, also Vesilax) is a municipality in Finland, located in the Pirkanmaa region. It lies to the southwest of the regional capital, Tampere. The population of Vesilahti is approximately 5,000, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 423,000. It is the 180th most populous municipality in Finland.

Vesilahti has an area of 353.94 square kilometres (136.66 sq mi) of which 52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 14.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (38.8/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name of municipality literally means "water bay".

The Vesilahti municipality headlined the case of "pink house", which is owned one of local inhabitants, Katri Hakola. The municipality didn't agree with her color choice and threatened the homeowner with a 5,000 € penalty if the color of the house didn't change. Later, the municipality tended to accept only a slight change in color and abolished the penalty payment. The incident sparked emotions on social media and the indignities accused the municipality of "bureaucratic teasing".[6]

Born in Vesilahti

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
  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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Tuesday's papers: EU election race, bump in govt talks, pink house hassle". YLE News. YLE. May 21, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2020.


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