Keitele | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Keiteleen kunta Swedish: Keitele kommun |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Coordinates: | 63.1783°N 47°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Savonia |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Upper Savonia |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Hanna Helaste |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1879 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | 72600 |
Area Code: | 017 |
Website: | www.keitele.fi |
Keitele is a municipality of Finland.
It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNKeitele}} of which NaNKeitele}} is water. The population density is NaNKeitele.
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.