Veteli
# Veteli

Veteli (Swedish: Vetil) is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of almost 3200 in 2019. and covers an area of 520.91 square kilometres (201.12 sq mi) of which 18.6 $km^2$ (7.2 sq mi) is water. The population density is 5.87 inhabitants per square kilometre (15.2/sq mi).

Neighbouring municipalities are Evijärvi, Halsua, Kaustinen, Kronoby, Lappajärvi, Perho and Vimpeli.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

## Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Veteli:

* Centre Party 42.1%
* True Finns 39.3%
* Social Democratic Party 7.8%
* Christian Democrats 4.2%
* National Coalition Party 3.3%
* Left Alliance 1.0%
* Swedish People's Party 0.7%
* Green League 0.6%

## Notable people

* Juha Sipilä, (born 1961), politics former Prime Minister of Finland (2015–2019),
* Esko Aho, (born 1954), politician, former Prime Minister of Finland (1991–1995)
