Back Гуйтынен Byelorussian Хуйтинен Bulgarian Huittinen Catalan Huittinen (munisipyo) CEB Huittinen German Huittinen Esperanto Huittinen Spanish Huittineni linn Estonian هویتینن Persian Huittinen Finnish
 | You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Finnish. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Huittinen
Vittis | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Huittisten kaupunki Vittis stad | |
 A view from Lauttakylä, central Huittinen | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Huittinen in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°10.5′N 022°42′E / 61.1750°N 22.700°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Satakunta |
| Sub-region | Pori sub-region |
| First records | 1414 |
| Charter | 1865 |
| Market town | 1972 |
| Town privileges | 1977 |
| Seat | Lauttakylä |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Viveka Lanne |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 539.59 km2 (208.34 sq mi) |
| • Land | 532.65 km2 (205.66 sq mi) |
| • Water | 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 163rd largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 9,646 |
| • Rank | 100th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 18.11/km2 (46.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.7% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.2% |
| • Others | 5.1% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 14.3% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.3% |
| • 65 or older | 29.4% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfc |
| Website | www.huittinen.fi |
Huittinen (Swedish: Vittis) is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Satakunta region, 63 kilometres (39 mi) southeast of Pori and 75 kilometres (47 mi) southwest of Tampere. The town has a population of 9,646 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 539.59 square kilometres (208.34 sq mi) of which 6.97 km2 (2.69 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 18.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (46.9/sq mi).
The town is unilingually Finnish. Municipality of Vampula was consolidated with Huittinen on 1 January 2009.[5]
The Huittinen coat of arms is designed by Erkki Honkanen in 1953.[6]
Risto Ryti, the president of Finland in 1940–44, was born in Huittinen in 1889.[7]
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Vampula - Etusivu". vampula.fi. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
- ^ Mitä-Missä-Milloin 1980 (in Finnish). Otava. 1979. p. 158.
- ^ "History and Influential People". Town of Huittinen. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search