Kontiolahti

Kontiolahti
Municipality
Kontiolahden kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Kontiolahti in Finland
Coordinates: 62°46′N 029°51′E / 62.767°N 29.850°E / 62.767; 29.850Coordinates: 62°46′N 029°51′E / 62.767°N 29.850°E / 62.767; 29.850
Country Finland
Region North Karelia
Sub-region Joensuu sub-region
Charter 1873
Government
 • Municipal manager Jere Penttilä
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
 • Total 1,029.82 km2 (397.62 sq mi)
 • Land 799.72 km2 (308.77 sq mi)
 • Water 230.1 km2 (88.8 sq mi)
Area rank 107th largest in Finland
Population (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 14,795
 • Rank 82nd largest in Finland
 • Density 18.5/km2 (48/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
 • Finnish 98.2% (official)
 • Others 1.8%
Population by age[4]
 • 0 to 14 22.8%
 • 15 to 64 66.1%
 • 65 or older 11.1%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 19.25%
Website www.kontiolahti.fi

Kontiolahti is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the North Karelia region, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Joensuu. The municipality has a population of 14,795 (31 March 2016)[2] and covers an area of 1,029.82 square kilometres (397.62 sq mi) of which 230.1 km2 (88.8 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 18.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (48/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality has previously also been known as "Kontiolax" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Kontiolahti" also in Swedish.[6]

Kontiolahti hosted the Biathlon World Championships in 1990, 1999 and 2015.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "Kuntien nimet ja niiden taivutus" (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  7. ↑ ""Kontiolahden Urheilijat" [Kontiolahti Sports Club]. Kontiolahti: Kontiolahden Urheilijat r.y. Retrieved 17 November 2013.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/20/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.