Vimpeli

Vimpeli (Swedish: Vindala ) is a municipality in the landscape Southern Ostrobothnia in western Finland. The entire community is Finnish-speaking.

Towns

To the municipality includes the villages of Hallapuro, Kirkonkylä, Koskela, Lakaniemi, Pokela, Pyhälahti, Rantakylä, Sääksvesi, Viitaniemi and Vinni.

Policy

As in most rural areas of Finland is in Vimpeli the Centre Party, the strongest political force. In the local elections 2008, she received 46.9 percent in the 2007 General Election, more than half of the votes. In council, the highest decision-making authority in municipal matters, it represents 11 of 21 deputies, and thus has a narrow absolute majority. The second largest party, the right-wing populist True Finns, which in Vimpeli scored one of their nation's highest election results with 24.3 percent and now represents 5 deputies. Furthermore, represented in the municipal council is the leftist coalition with four seats. The two other Finnish political parties alongside the Centre Party, however, hardly play a role in Vimpeli: the conservative National Coalition Party represents only one representative, while the Social Democrats with a vote share of just 3.4 per cent failed the entrance into the council.

Partner communities

Vimpeli maintains community partnerships with Mosvik in Norway ( since 1980) and Pudosch in Russia.

Sons and daughters

• Heikki Siukola ( b. 1943 ), opera singer