Vesanto
Municipality
Vesannon kunta
Vesanto kommun
Coat of arms of Vesanto
Coat of arms
Location of Vesanto in Finland
Location of Vesanto in Finland
Coordinates: 62°56′N 026°25′E / 62.933°N 26.417°E / 62.933; 26.417
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Savonia
Sub-regionInner Savonia sub-region
Charter1871
Government
 • Municipal managerPasi Lievonen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total569.80 km2 (220.00 sq mi)
 • Land422.63 km2 (163.18 sq mi)
 • Water147.1 km2 (56.8 sq mi)
 • Rank198th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-09-30)[2]
 • Total1,889
 • Rank264th largest in Finland
 • Density4.47/km2 (11.6/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.1%
 • Others1.5%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 149.1%
 • 15 to 6448.5%
 • 65 or older42.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.vesanto.fi

Vesanto is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 1,889 (30 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 569.80 square kilometres (220.00 sq mi) of which 147.1 km2 (56.8 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 4.47 inhabitants per square kilometre (11.6/sq mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Keitele, Konnevesi, Rautalampi, Tervo, Viitasaari and Äänekoski.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

References

  1. 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "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.

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