Kitee
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Kitee (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) 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, about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Joensuu and about Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of Template:Data Finland municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". of which Script error: No such module "convert". is water.[2] The population density is Script error: No such module "convert"..
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.
History
Kitee is known as the ''moonshine city of Finland'' due to its legal and illegal moonshine Template:Langx manufacturing.
Villages
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- 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
Sports
The men's pesäpallo club Kiteen Pallo -90 competes in the Superpesis national league, playing at Shore Field.
Notable people
- The founding members of symphonic metal band Nightwish all hail from the town of Kitee:
- Tarja Turunen, singer
- Emppu Vuorinen, guitarist
- Tuomas Holopainen, keyboardist
- Sami Vänskä, bassist
- Jukka Nevalainen, drummer
- Only Holopainen and Vuorinen remain in the band to this day. (Forced by health issues to stop performing, Nevalainen remains part of the band's management).
- Antti Aalto, ski-jumper
- Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
- Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
See also
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References
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External links
- Town of Kitee – official website
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