Kitee () 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 () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . 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 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 References External links Town of Kitee – official website Cities and towns in Finland Populated places established in 1631 1631 establishments in Sweden