Kitee ( sv, Kides) is a
town and a
municipality of
Finland.
It is located in the
province of
Eastern Finland and is part of the
North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are
Parikkala,
Rääkkylä,
Savonlinna and
Tohmajärvi.
The municipality is unilingually
Finnish.
History
Kitee is known as the
''moonshine city of Finland
'' due to its legal and illegal
moonshine
Moonshine is high-proof liquor that is usually produced illegally. The name was derived from a tradition of creating the alcohol during the nighttime, thereby avoiding detection. In the first decades of the 21st century, commercial dist ...
manufacturing.
Villages
* Haapasalo
* Haarajärvi
* Hammaskallio
* Heinoniemi
* Jaakkima
* Juurikka
* Kantosyrjä
* Kiteenkylä
* Kiteenlahti
* Kontiola
* Kunonniemi
* Lahdenkylä
* Leinovaara
* Loukunvaara
* Misola
*
Muljula
* Niinikumpu
* Nivunki
* Närsäkkälä
* Ojamäki
* Piimäjärvi
* Potoskavaara
*
Puhos
* Puhossalo
* Päätye
* Riihijärvi
* Rokkala
* Ruppovaara
* Satulavaara
* Suoparsaari
* Suorlahti
* Särkijärvi
* Säynejärvi
* Taipale
* Tasapää
* Tolosenmäki
* Varmoniemi
* Välivaara
Notable residents
*
Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
*
Tuomas Holopainen, musician
*
Jukka Nevalainen, musician
*
Tarja Turunen, musician
*
Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
*
Emppu Vuorinen, musician
*
Sami Vänskä, musician
*
Antti Aalto
Antti Sami Aalto (born March 4, 1975) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the National Hockey League.
Playing career
Aalto was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the 1993 N ...
, ski-jumper
References
External links
Town of Kitee– official website
Cities and towns in Finland
Populated places established in 1631
1631 establishments in Sweden
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