Vesilahti
Vesilahti (Swedish: Vesilahti, also Vesilax) is a municipality of Finland.
Vesilahti | |
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Municipality | |
| Vesilahden kunta Vesilahti kommun | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location of Vesilahti in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°18.5′N 023°37′E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Pirkanmaa |
| Sub-region | Tampere sub-region |
| Charter | 1869 |
| Area (2018-01-01) | |
| • Total | 353.94 km2 (136.66 sq mi) |
| • Land | 301.04 km2 (116.23 sq mi) |
| • Water | 52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 234th largest in Finland |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
| • Total | 4,470 |
| • Rank | 181st largest in Finland |
| • Density | 14.85/km2 (38.5/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 97.8% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.4% |
| • Others | 1.8% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 19.5% |
| • 15 to 64 | 61.7% |
| • 65 or older | 18.8% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www.vesilahti.fi |
It is part of the Pirkanmaa region. The municipality has a population of 4,470 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 353.94 square kilometres (136.66 sq mi) of which 52.99 km2 (20.46 sq mi) is water. The population density is 14.85 inhabitants per square kilometre (38.5/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The name of municipality literally means "water bay".
The Vesilahti municipality headlined the case of "pink house", which is owned one of local inhabitants, Katri Hakola. The municipality didn't agree with her color choice and threatened the homeowner with a 5,000 € penalty if the color of the house didn't change. Later, the municipality tended to accept only a slight change in color and abolished the penalty payment. The incident sparked emotions on social media and the indignities accused the municipality of "bureaucratic teasing".