Kitee

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Kitee

Total population

9,083

Founded

1631

Land area1253.82 km²

Coordinates62.10°, 30.14°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kitee 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 65 kilometres (40 mi) south of Joensuu and about 175 kilometres (109 mi) northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of 9,397 and covers an area of 1,724.41 square kilometres (665.80 sq mi) of which 275.61 km2 (106.41 sq mi) is water. The population density is 7.49 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.4/sq mi).

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Kyösti Laasonen

archer

Jukka Nevalainen

Finnish musician

Tuomas Holopainen

Finnish songwriter, producer and keyboardist

Emppu Vuorinen

Finnish musician

T

Tero Kinnunen

Finnish guitarist

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Anton Wilhelm Arppe

Finnish architect

Torsten Hartman

Finnish journalist

Adolf Edvard Arppe

Finnish politician and chemist (1818–1894)

Nils Ludvig Arppe

Finnish businessperson (1803-1861)

Uuno Brander

Finnish politician

O

Oona Sormunen

Finnish javelin thrower

A

Akseli Brander

Finnish politician (1876-1958)

A

Anders Auvinen

Finnish merchant and sawyer

E

Eeva Jokinen

Finnish professor of Social Sciences (University of Eastern Finland)

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Erkki Palosuo

Finnish physicist

H

Heini Kärkkäinen

Finnish pianist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Karelia

• Jaama
  11.5 mi away
• Enanniemi
  15 mi away
• Hyypiä
  24.2 mi away
• Hoikka
  31.8 mi away
• Härmi
  33.4 mi away
• Jukajoki
  37.5 mi away
• Ahokkala
  42.5 mi away
• Kaatamo
  44.1 mi away
• Hakovaara
  51 mi away
• Viininiemi
  52.9 mi away
• Juttusuo
  54.5 mi away
• Iljanvaara
  55.9 mi away

Browse all places in North Karelia →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

northern ground-cedar

Diphasiastrum complanatum

Seen 2026-08-22

Northern Wolfsbane

Aconitum septentrionale

Seen 2026-08-08

common bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Seen 2026-08-08

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-07-31

Lichen Running Spider

Philodromus margaritatus

Seen 2026-07-31

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Seen 2026-07-26

bog bilberry

Vaccinium uliginosum

Seen 2026-07-26

Marsh Lousewort

Pedicularis palustris

Seen 2026-07-22

Common Nettle Flower Bug

Plagiognathus arbustorum

Seen 2026-07-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers