Kitee

Kitee (Kides) 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. The municipality has a population of 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The population density is undefined PD/km2. Neighbouring municipalities are Parikkala, Rääkkylä, Savonlinna and Tohmajärvi.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

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

People

 * Aulis Gerlander, justice (resides in Kitee)
 * Eeva Tenhunen, writer
 * Emppu Vuorinen, musician
 * Erkki Palosuo, professor
 * Heikki Karppanen, professor
 * Heli Pirhonen, Miss Suomi of 1995
 * Johanna Kurkela, singer
 * Jukka Nevalainen, musician
 * Miitta Sorvali, actor
 * Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
 * Pasi Pirinen, baseball player
 * Sami Vänskä, musician
 * Tarja Turunen, opera and symphonic rock singer
 * Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
 * Toni Kohonen, baseball player
 * Tuomas Holopainen, musician
 * Unto Tarkkonen, writer
 * Ville Pirinen, comic artist and musician
 * Antti Aalto, ski jumper