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, about 65 km south of Joensuu and about 175 km northeast of Lappeenranta. 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.

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

Notable residents

 * Nils Ludvig Arppe, industrialist
 * Tuomas Holopainen, musician
 * Jukka Nevalainen, musician
 * Tarja Turunen, musician
 * Tomek Valtonen, ice hockey coach and player
 * Emppu Vuorinen, musician
 * Sami Vänskä, musician
 * Antti Aalto, ski-jumper