Kittila
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| Basic data | |
| State : |
 Finland
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| Landscape : | Lapland |
| Administrative community : | Fjell Lapland |
| Geographical location | 67 ° 40 ′ N , 24 ° 53 ′ E |
| Surface: | 8,263.08 km² |
| of which land area: | 8,094.37 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 168.71 km² |
| Residents : | 6,436 (Dec. 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 0.8 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 261 |
| Language (s) : | Finnish |
| Website : | kittila.fi |
Kittilä [ ˈkitːilæ ] is a municipality in the Finnish countryside of Lapland .
tourism
The Kittila Airport the municipality was until 2011 the whole year by the former airline Finncomm Airlines operated. The winter sports resort Levi is located near Kittilä , the highest point of which is 531 m. Lake Jerisjärvi is located in the north-west of Kittilä.
politics
As in general in the rural areas of Northern Finland, the Center Party is the strongest political force in Kittilä . In the 2008 local elections it received just over half of the votes and had an absolute majority in the local council, the highest decision-making body on local issues, with 14 out of 27 seats. The second strongest force was the Left Alliance , which, as in general in Lapland, was disproportionately strong. It was able to unite around 30 percent of the votes and had eight seats on the local council. The Social Democrats and the National Assembly Party , although belonging to the three major parties nationwide, played only a marginal role in Kittilä with election results around ten percent and two or three members of the local council.
| Composition of the municipal council (2017-2021) | ||||
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| Political party | 2017 election results W17 | Seats | 2012 election results W12 | Seats |
| Center Party (Kesk.) | 31.5% | 9 | 41.6% | 12 |
| Fairness for Kittilä | 20.8% | 7th | - | - |
| Left alliance (vas.) | 13.6% | 4th | 23.1% | 7th |
| The Finns (Ps.) | 10.8% | 3 | 19.3% | 5 |
| National Collection Party (Kok.) | 6.1% | 1 | 12.8% | 3 |
| Green Bund (Vihr.) | 5.2% | 1 | - | - |
| Kuntalaislista | 4.6% | 1 | - | - |
| Social Democrats (SDP) | 4.1% | 1 | 3.1% | 0 |
| Christian Democrats (KD) | 3.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 |
Sons and daughters of the church
- Tauno Honkanen (* 1927), skier
- Arto Paasilinna (1942-2018), writer
- Kalervo Palsa (1947–1987), painter
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ a b on vaalit.fi of the Ministry of Justice, accessed on November 11, 2017
