Keitele

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Keiteleen kunta
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Coat of arms of Keitele Location of Keitele in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : North Savo
Administrative community : Obersavo
Geographical location 63 ° 11 ′  N , 26 ° 22 ′  E Coordinates: 63 ° 11 ′  N , 26 ° 22 ′  E
Surface: 578.41 km²
of which land area: 481.82 km²
of which inland waterways: 96.59 km²
Residents : 2,244 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 4.7 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 239
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : keitele.fi

Keitele [ ˈkɛitɛlɛ ] is a municipality in the Finnish region of Savo with around 2,700 inhabitants. It is located in the west landscape of Northern Savo, 82 km southwest of Iisalmi and 100 km northwest of Kuopio . The distance to the capital Helsinki is 430 km.

overview

In addition to the community center, Keitele also includes the villages of Hamula, Koutajärvi, Kukertaja, Leppäselkä, Sulkavanjärvi, Tossavanlahti, Viinikkala, Vuonamo and Äyräpää. Almost a fifth of the community area is covered by water. The largest lakes are Nilakka and Koutajärvi .

politics

Municipal council

The strongest political force in Keitele is the rural-liberal Center Party . She received half of the votes in the 2017 local elections. In the municipal council, the highest decision-making body in local affairs, it has an absolute majority with ten out of 19 members. The two other major parties in the country, the Social Democrats and the National Collection Party, play a smaller role than in other regions of Finland with two seats and one seat respectively on the municipal council. The right-wing populist True Finns with three seats, the Left Alliance with two seats and the Christian Democrats with one seat are also represented on the municipal council .

Composition of the municipal council since 2017
Political party 2012 election results Seats
Center Party 50.0% (−0.5) 10 (−1)
True Finns 17.5% (−1.0) 3 (−1)
Social democrats 10.0% (−2.8) 2 (−1)
Left alliance 9.3% (+1.3) 2 (+1)
Christian Democrats 6.7% (+6.7) 1 (+1)
National rally party 5.5% (−3.6) 1 (−1)

Web links

Commons : Keitele  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. ↑ Finnish Ministry of Justice: Result of the 2017 local elections