Kärsämäki

It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,608 (31 January 2019)[2] and covers an area of 700.91 square kilometres (270.62 sq mi) of which 6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.75 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.7/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Siikalatva.

For the district of Turku, see Kärsämäki, Turku.
Kärsämäki
Municipality
Kärsämäen kunta
Kärsämäki kommun
Kärsämäki Church (Paanukirkko)
Coat of arms
Location of Kärsämäki in Finland
Coordinates: 63°58.5′N 025°45.5′E
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionNivala–Haapajärvi sub-region
Charter1869
Government
 • Town managerRiitta Hokkanen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total700.91 km2 (270.62 sq mi)
 • Land694.81 km2 (268.27 sq mi)
 • Water6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Area rank121st largest in Finland
Population
 (2019-01-31)[2]
 • Total2,608
 • Rank243rd largest in Finland
 • Density3.75/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish99.3% (official)
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1418.6%
 • 15 to 6461.1%
 • 65 or older20.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]20.75%
Websitewww.karsamaki.fi

Kärsämäki is a municipality of Finland.

The name Kärsämäki means literally "snout hill".

The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

Most common soil type is till.

Over 60% of area is swamp. Bigges swamps are Kärsämäenneva, Lauttaneva, Onkineva and Vellihonganneva.

Pyhäjoki river flows through municipality.

Villages
  • Venetpalo
  • Kirkonkylä
  • Miiluranta
  • Ojalehto
  • Alajoki
  • Porkkala
  • Rannankylä
  • Saviselkä
  • Sydänmaankylä
  • Venetpalo
  • Pyrrönperä

Notable people

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.



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