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Kristinestad
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Kristinestad (; ; ; ) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Kristinestad is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kristinestad is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kristinestad
- Settlement.native_name
- –
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kristinestad.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kristinestad in 2019
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- Kristiinankaupunki.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
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- Kristiinankaupunki sijainti Suomi.svg
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- Location of Kristinestad in Finland
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- yes
- Settlement.mapframe marker
- city
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ostrobothnia
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- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Sydösterbotten
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Mila Segervall
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Named after
- Christina of Sweden
- Official name
- Kristiinankaupunki
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Vaasa Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 6199
- Area
- 995.92
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Teuva
- Official website
- www.kristinestad.fi
- Image
- Kristiinankaupunki Church 20190705.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- postal code
- 64104
- Commons category
- Kristinestad
- topic's main category
- Category:Kristinestad
- inception
- 1649-01-01
- twinned administrative body
- Novello
- P8168
- Antonie Brentano
- associated electoral district
- Vaasa
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Coastal Southern Ostrobothnia
- native label
- Kristiinankaupunki
- P12749
- Alain of Lille
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Kristinestad (; ; ; ) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Kristinestad is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kristinestad is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland.
Kristinestad is located in the western part of Finland on the shore of the Bothnian Sea. Kristinestad covers an area of (excluding sea areas) of which is inland water. The population density is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kristinestad” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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