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Country
  
Charter
  
1865

Town privileges
  
1977

Local time
  
Thursday 9:15 AM

Sub-region
  
Market town
  
1972

Area
  
539.7 km²

Region
  
Huittinen

Area rank
  
163rd largest in Finland

Weather
  
2°C, Wind NW at 16 km/h, 79% Humidity

Huittinen (Swedish: Vittis) is a town and municipality of Finland.

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Map of 32700 Huittinen, Finland

It is located in the Satakunta region. The town has a population of 10,465 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 532.63 square kilometres (205.65 sq mi) of which 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) is water. The population density is 19.65 inhabitants per square kilometre (50.9/sq mi).

The town is unilingually Finnish.

Risto Ryti, the president of Finland in 1940–44, was born in Huittinen in 1889.

Municipality of Vampula was consolidated with Huittinen on 1 January 2009.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Huittinen:

  • True Finns 29.7%
  • Centre Party 24.1%
  • National Coalition Party 18.1%
  • Social Democratic Party 13.9%
  • Left Alliance 7.2%
  • Green League 3.4%
  • Christian Democrats 3.1%
  • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Huittinen is twinned with:

  • Keila, Estonia
  • Odda, Norway
  • Stenungsund, Sweden
  • Frederiksværk, Denmark
  • Hoyerswerda, Germany
  • Adendorf, Germany
  • References

    Huittinen Wikipedia


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