Keitele | |
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Municipality | |
| Keiteleen kunta Keitele kommun | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Keitele in Finland | |
 Interactive map of Keitele | |
| Coordinates: 63°10.7′N 026°21′E / 63.1783°N 26.350°E / 63.1783; 26.350 | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | North Savo |
| Sub-region | Upper Savo |
| Charter | 1879 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Hanna Helaste |
| Area (2018-01-01)1 | |
• Total | 578.30 km2 (223.28 sq mi) |
| • Land | 482.91 km2 (186.45 sq mi) |
| • Water | 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 179th largest in Finland |
| Population (2025-12-31)2 | |
• Total | 1,922 |
| • Rank | 258th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 3.98/km2 (10.3/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 96.5% (official) |
| • Others | 3.5% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 11% |
| • 15 to 64 | 50.6% |
| • 65 or older | 38.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Postal code | 72600 |
| Area code | 017 |
| Website | www (in Finnish) |
Keitele is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the North Savo region. The municipality has a population of 1,922 (31 December 2025)2 and covers an area of 578.30 square kilometres (223.28 sq mi) of which 96.59 km2 (37.29 sq mi) is water.1 The population density is 3.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (10.3/sq mi).
Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, Tervo, Vesanto and Viitasaari.
Despite its name, the municipality is not located by the lake Keitele. The shortest distance between the municipality and the lake is roughly ten kilometers.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Notable people born in Keitele
- Ilmari Tossavainen (1887–1978)
- Kalle Matilainen (1903–1973)
- Rakel Hiltunen (1940–)
- Mikko Härkin (1979–)
References
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Population growth slowed down in 2025". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 1 April 2026. ISSN 2243-3627. Retrieved 6 April 2026.
- "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.
- "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
External links
Media related to Keitele at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Keitele – Official website (in Finnish)