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Viitasaari

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Country
  
Finland

Town privileges
  
1996

Area
  
1,589 km²

Region
  
Central Finland

Charter
  
1635

Elevation
  
140 m (460 ft)

Local time
  
Monday 10:54 AM

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Sub-region
  
Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region

Area rank
  
59th largest in Finland

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 86% Humidity

Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland.

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Map of 44500 Viitasaari, Finland

It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of 6,654 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,248.48 square kilometres (482.04 sq mi) of which 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi) is water. There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. Biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi. The population density is 5.33 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.8/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Viitasaari:

  • Centre Party 32.5%
  • Social Democratic Party 26.2%
  • True Finns 16.6%
  • National Coalition Party 9.9%
  • Left Alliance 5.5%
  • Christian Democrats 5.5%
  • Green League 2.6%
  • Sister cities

    The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:

  • Nõo Parish, Estonia
  • Staffanstorp Municipality, Sweden
  • Storuman Municipality, Sweden
  • Sør-Odal, Norway
  • Schlangen, Germany
  • Rokietnica, Poland
  • References

    Viitasaari Wikipedia