Veteli () 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 of which is water. The population density is . 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) References External links Municipality of Veteli – Official website