Viitasaari is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the Central Finland region. The town has a population of 5,877 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 1,589.13 square kilometres (613.57 sq mi) of which 340.43 km (131.44 sq mi) is water. There are all together 230 lakes in Viitasaari. Biggest lakes are Lake Keitele, Lake Kolima and Muuruejärvi. The population density is 4.71 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.2/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Politics

Results of the 2023 Finnish parliamentary election in Viitasaari:

• Social Democratic Party 31.2%
• Centre Party 24.6%
• Finns Party 20.5%
• National Coalition Party 7.9%
• Christian Democrats 6.7%
• Left Alliance 4.2%
• Green League 2.3%

Sister cities

The following cities or municipalities are twinned with Viitasaari:

• Nõo Parish, Estonia
• Staffanstorp Municipality, Sweden
• Storuman Municipality, Sweden
• Sør-Odal, Norway
• Schlangen, Germany
• Rokietnica, Poland

See also

• Blue Highway, an international tourist route