Veteli

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Veteli Vetil
Municipality
Vetelin kunta Vetils kommun
Veteli High School
Coat of arms
Location of Veteli in Finland
Interactive map of Veteli
Coordinates: 63°28.5′N 23°47.5′E / 63.4750°N 23.7917°E / 63.4750; 23.7917
Country	Finland
Region	Central Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Kaustinen sub-region
Government
• Municipal manager	Hannu Jyrkkä
Area  (2018-01-01)
• Total	520.91 km2 (201.12 sq mi)
• Land	502.12 km2 (193.87 sq mi)
• Water	18.6 km2 (7.2 sq mi)
• Rank	174th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	2,912
• Rank	216th largest in Finland
• Density	5.8/km2 (15/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Finnish	93.5% (official)
• Swedish	1.6%
• Others	4.8%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	15.7%
• 15 to 64	52.9%
• 65 or older	31.4%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	veteli.fi

Veteli (Swedish: Vetil) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of almost 3200 in 2019. and covers an area of 520.91 square kilometres (201.12 sq mi) of which 18.6 km² (7.2 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (15/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Evijärvi, Halsua, Kaustinen, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Perho and Vimpeli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Notable people

• Juha Sipilä, (born 1961), politician, former Prime Minister of Finland (2015–2019),
• Esko Aho, (born 1954), politician, former Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995)

References

External links

Media related to Veteli at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Veteli – Official website

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