Kärsämäki
Sign in to saveKärsämäki (; literally meaning "snout hill") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Kärsämäki is a significant road junction where Highway 4 (Helsinki–Oulu–Utsjoki) and Highway 28 (Kokkola–Kajaani) intersect and where Highway 58 leading to Kangasala begins. The distance to the regional capital Oulu is .
Key facts
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- Kärsämäki
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- Municipality
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- Kärsämäki Church ()
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- Location of Kärsämäki in Finland
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- Country
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- Region
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- North Ostrobothnia
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- Sub-region
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- Nivala–Haapajärvi
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- Town manager
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- Riitta Hokkanen
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- Charter
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- 1869
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- EET
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Kärsämäki (; literally meaning "snout hill") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Kärsämäki is a significant road junction where Highway 4 (Helsinki–Oulu–Utsjoki) and Highway 28 (Kokkola–Kajaani) intersect and where Highway 58 leading to Kangasala begins. The distance to the regional capital Oulu is .
Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Siikalatva. The previous neighboring municipality was Piippola, which was merged with the municipality of Siikalatva in 2009. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kärsämäki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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