Viitasaari

Viitasaari
Town
Viitasaaren kaupunki
Viitasaari stad
Coat of arms of Viitasaari
Coat of arms
Location of Viitasaari in Finland
Location of Viitasaari in Finland
Coordinates: 63°04′30″N 025°51′35″E / 63.07500°N 25.85972°E / 63.07500; 25.85972
Country Finland
RegionCentral Finland
Sub-regionSaarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter1635
Town privileges1996
Government
 • Municipal managerHelena Vuopionperä-Kovanen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total
1,589.13 km2 (613.57 sq mi)
 • Land1,248.53 km2 (482.06 sq mi)
 • Water340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi)
 • Rank59th largest in Finland
Elevation
140 m (460 ft)
Population
 (2025-03-31)[2]
 • Total
5,759
 • Rank158th largest in Finland
 • Density4.61/km2 (11.9/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish97.5% (official)
 • Others2.5%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1411.6%
 • 15 to 6451.9%
 • 65 or older36.5%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Postal code
44500
Area code(+358) 01
Websiteviitasaari.fi

Viitasaari is a Finnish town and municipality located in the Central Finland region. It is located between the neighbouring municipalities of Pihtipudas to the north and Äänekoski to the south. The town has a population of 5,759 (31 March 2025)[5] and covers an area of 1,589.13 square kilometres (613.57 sq mi) of which 340.43 km2 (131.44 sq mi), or 21%, is water.[1] There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. The biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi.[6] The population density is 4.61 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.9/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Viitasaari:[7]

  • Social Democratic Party 31.2%
  • Centre Party 24.6%
  • Finns Party 20.5%
  • National Coalition Party 7.9%
  • Christian Democrats 6.7%
  • Left Alliance 4.2%
  • Green League 2.3%

Sister cities

The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:[8][9]

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

See also

  • Blue Highway, an international tourist route

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,640,437 at the end of March 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-25. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-25.
  3. ↑ "Number of foreign-language speakers exceeded 600,000 during 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2025-04-04. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2025-04-05.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2006". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  6. ↑ "Viitasaari". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "Viitasaari | Tulospalvelu | Eduskuntavaalit 2023 | yle.fi". vaalit.yle.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-10-20.
  8. ↑ "Ystävyyskunnat" (in Norwegian). City of Viitasaari. Archived from the original on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
  9. ↑ "Välissuhted" (in Estonian). Nõo vald. Retrieved 2 May 2012.

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