Veteli
Veteli (Swedish: Vetil) is a municipality of Finland.
Veteli
Vetil | |
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Municipality | |
| Vetelin kunta Vetils kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Veteli in [inland | |
| Coordinates: 63°28.5′N 23°47.5′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 | 502.31 km2 (193.94 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 174th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-09-19)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,938 |
| • Rank | 218th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.85/km2 (15.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95.8% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.7% |
| • Others | 2.5% |
| 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 |
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 5.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.2/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Evijärvi, Halsua, Kaustinen, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Perho and Vimpeli.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Veteli:
- Centre Party 42.1%
- True Finns 39.3%
- Social Democratic Party 7.8%
- Christian Democrats 4.2%
- National Coalition Party 3.3%
- Left Alliance 1.0%
- Swedish People's Party 0.7%
- Green League 0.6%
Notable people
- Juha Sipilä, (born 1961), politics former Prime Minister of Finland (2015–2019),
- Esko Aho, (born 1954), politician, former Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995)
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,587,841 at the end of August 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- "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.
External links
Media related to Veteli at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Veteli – Official website
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