Kitee

Kitee (Swadish: Kides) is a toun an a municipality o Finland.

Kitee
Toun
Kiteen kaupunki
Kitee Church
Coat airms
Location o Kitee in Finland
Coordinates: 62°06′N 030°08′E
Kintra	Finland
Region	North Karelie
Sub-region	Middle Karelia sub-region
Chairter	1631
Ceety richts	1992
Govrenment
• Toun manager	Kirsi Hämäläinen
Area  (2018-01-01)[1]
• Total	1724.41 km2 (665.80 sq mi)
• Laund	865.70 km2 (334.25 sq mi)
• Water	275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi)
Area rank	57t lairgest in Finland
Population  (2023-02-28)[2]
• Total	9,730
• Rank	98t lairgest in Finland
• Density	11.24/km2 (29.1/sq mi)
Population bi native leid [3]
• Finnish	7,001,976,000,000,000,000♠97.6% (offeecial)
• Swadish	6,999,100,000,000,000,000♠0.1%
• Ithers	7,000,230,000,000,100,000♠2.3%
Population by age [4]
• 0 tae 14	7,001,138,000,000,000,000♠13.8%
• 15 tae 64	7,001,643,000,000,000,000♠64.3%
• 65 or aulder	7,001,219,000,000,000,000♠21.9%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.kitee.fi

It is locatit in the province o Eastren Finland an is pairt o the North Karelie region. The municipality haes a population o 9,730 (28 Februar 2023)^[2] an covers an aurie o 1,724.41 square kilometre (665.80 sq mi) o which 275.61 km² (106.41 sq mi) is watter.^[1] The population densitie is 11.24 inhabitants per square kilometre (29.1/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Sangwriter/keybuirdist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, drummer Jukka Nevalainen, umwhile bassist Sami Vänskä an umwhile vocalist Tarja Turunen o the symphonic metal baund Nightwish are frae Kitee.