Veteli

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Finnish Wikipedia article at [[:fi:Veteli]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|fi|Veteli}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Municipality in Central Ostrobothnia, Finland

Veteli Vetil
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 / 63.4750°N 23.7917°E / 63.4750; 23.7917
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 (2023-12-31)^[2]
• Total	2,936
• Rank	217th largest in Finland
• Density	5.85/km² (15.2/sq mi)
Population by native language ^[3]
• Finnish	95.3% (official)
• Swedish	1.7%
• Others	3%
Population by age ^[4]
• 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

Veteli (Swedish: Vetil) is a municipality of Finland.

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 5.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.2/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)

References

^ ^a ^b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.