Kitee

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 south of Joensuu and about northeast of Lappeenranta. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .

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 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

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

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