Korsholm
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Korsholm (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Korsholm is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Korsholm is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Korsholm
- Settlement.native_name
- –
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Raippaluoto_bridge_towers.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The Replot Bridge connects Korsholm to Replot Island
- Settlement.image_shield
- Mustasaari vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Mustasaari sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Korsholm in Finland
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Vaasa
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Rurik Ahlberg
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Mustasaaren kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 19763
- Area
- 2329.11
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Umeå Municipality
- Official website
- en.korsholm.fi
- Image
- Mustasaari church 06.jpg
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- Commons category
- Korsholm
- topic's main category
- Category:Korsholm
- different from
- Vaasa
- associated electoral district
- Vaasa
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Vaasa sub-region
- native label
- Mustasaari
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=499
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +358-6-327-7111
- fax number
- +358-6-322-3270
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Villages
- History
- Name
- Middle Ages
- 1973 merger
- Demographics
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Korsholm (; ) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Korsholm is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Korsholm is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago. The administrative center is Smedsby, situated from Vaasa center along Finnish national road 8.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Korsholm” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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