Keitele

{{For|the lake|Lake Keitele}}

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{{Infobox settlement

|name = Keitele

| official_name = {{lang|fi|Keiteleen kunta}}
{{lang|sv|Keitele kommun}}

| settlement_type = Municipality

| image_skyline = Keitele kirkko 1.JPG

| image_shield = Keitele.vaakuna.svg

| shield_size = 120x80px

| image_map = Keitele sijainti Suomi.svg

| map_caption = Location of Keitele in Finland

|coordinates = {{coord|63|10.7|N|026|21|E|display=inline,title}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flag|Finland}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Northern Savonia

| subdivision_type2 = Sub-region

| subdivision_name2 = Upper Savonia

| leader_title = Municipal manager

| leader_name = Hanna Helaste

| established_title = Charter

| established_date = 1879

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|blank_info = {{Data Finland municipality|blank_info|Keitele}}

|timezone = EET

|utc_offset = +02:00

|timezone_DST = EEST

|utc_offset_DST = +03:00

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 72600

| area_code = 017

| website = [http://www.keitele.fi/ www.keitele.fi] {{in lang|fi}}

}}

Keitele is a municipality of Finland.

It is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of {{formatnum: {{Data Finland municipality/population count|Keitele}} }} ({{#time: j F Y|{{Data Finland municipality/population count|sourcedate}} }}) and covers an area of {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/total area|Keitele}}|km2}} of which {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Keitele}}|km2|abbr=on}} is water. The population density is {{convert|{{Data Finland municipality/population density|Keitele|round=2}}|PD/km2}}.

Neighbour municipalities are Pielavesi, Pihtipudas, Tervo, Vesanto and Viitasaari.

Despite its name, the municipality is not located by the lake Keitele. The shortest distance between the municipality and the lake is roughly ten kilometers.

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.