Vihanti

Vihanti was a municipality of Finland. It was merged with the city of Raahe on 1 January 2013.

Vihanti
Former municipality
Vihannin kunta Vihanti kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Vihanti in Finland
Coordinates: 64°29′N 025°00′E
Country	Finland
Region	Northern Ostrobothnia
Sub-region	Raahe sub-region
Charter	1865
Government
• Municipal manager	Leena Mikkola-Riekkinen
Area [1]
• Total	489.64 km^2 (189.05 sq mi)
• Land	484.71 km^2 (187.15 sq mi)
• Water	4.93 km^2 (1.90 sq mi)
Population  (31 December 2012)[2]
• Total	3,020
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.vihanti.fi

Vihanti is located in the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 3,020 (31 December 2012)[2] and covers an area of 489.64 square kilometres (189.05 sq mi) of which 4.93 km² (1.90 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 6.231/km² (16.137/sq mi).

Vihanti is home of the heavy rock band "Gobra". The original line-up was all-Vihantian, but the current one includes also outsiders. The band has a rehearsal facilities in the Lampinsaari village.

The great dance hall in Mäntylampi was the biggest one in the whole province during the 1970s but is now used only a couple of times per year. The Mäntylampi camping area has not been well kept.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.[3]

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.

External links

Media related to Vihanti at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Vihanti – Official website (in Finnish)