Vesanto

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Vesannon kunta
coat of arms map
Vesanto coat of arms Location of Vesanto in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : North Savo
Administrative community : Inland Savo
Geographical location 62 ° 56 '  N , 26 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 62 ° 56 '  N , 26 ° 25'  E
Surface: 569.75 km²
of which land area: 422.64 km²
of which inland waterways: 147.11 km²
Residents : 2,058 (Dec 31, 2018)
Population density : 4.9 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 921
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : www.vesanto.fi

Vesanto is a Finnish municipality in the North Savo region .

Localities

The municipality includes the places Ahveninen, Harinkaa, Horonkylä, Kuuslahti, Niinivesi, Närhilä, Oinaskylä, Tiitilänkylä, Sonkari, Länsi-Vesanto, Vesamäki and Vesijärvi.

politics

Municipal council

As in most rural areas of Finland, the peasant-liberal Center Party is the strongest party in Vesanto . In the 2012 local elections, she achieved a two-thirds majority in the council with around 65% of the vote and 15 out of 21 MPs. The right-wing populist True Finns and the Social Democrats each have three seats. The conservative National Collection Party lost three quarters of its votes and with it its three seats on the local council.

Composition of the municipal council (2013-2016)
Political party 2012 election results Seats
Center Party 65.7% (+15.8) 15 (+4)
True Finns 15.9% (+10.9) 3 (+2)
Social democrats 14.3% (−14.6) 3 (−3)
National rally party 3.6% (−10.8) 0 (−3)
Christian Democrats 0.6% (−1.3) 0 (± 0)

coat of arms

Description of the coat of arms : There are five golden diagonal threads in black .

Community partnerships

Vesanto maintains the following municipal partnerships :

Well-known sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Vesanto  - 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: Results of the 2012 local elections