Veteli
Municipality in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Veteli (Swedish: Vetil) is a municipality of Finland.
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Veteli
Vetil | |
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Municipality | |
| Vetelin kunta Vetils kommun | |
 Veteli High School | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Veteli in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°28.5′N 23°47.5′E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Central Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Kaustinen sub-region |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Hannu Jyrkkä |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 520.91 km2 (201.12 sq mi) |
| • Land | 502.12 km2 (193.87 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 174th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 2,929 |
| • Rank | 217th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 5.83/km2 (15.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95.3% (official) |
| • Swedish | 1.7% |
| • Others | 3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 52.9% |
| • 65 or older | 31.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.veteli.fi |
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of almost 3200 in 2019. and covers an area of 520.91 square kilometres (201.12 sq mi) of which 18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 5.83 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.1/sq mi).
Neighbouring municipalities are Evijärvi, Halsua, Kaustinen, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Perho and Vimpeli.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Notable people
- Juha Sipilä, (born 1961), politics former Prime Minister of Finland (2015–2019),
- Esko Aho, (born 1954), politician, former Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995)
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