Ristiina
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Ristiina (; in Swedish also known as Kristina) was a municipality of Finland. It was founded in 1649 and it was named after Kristina Stenbock, the wife of Governor General and Count Per Brahe. From the beginning of the year 2013 Ristiina is a part of Mikkeli city.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ristiina
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Former municipality
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- Ristiina Finland.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ristiina Church
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ristiina.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Ristiina.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Ristiina in Finland
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- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- South Savo
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- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Mikkeli sub-region
- Settlement.leader_title
- Municipal manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Virpi Siekkinen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
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Ristiina (; in Swedish also known as Kristina) was a municipality of Finland. It was founded in 1649 and it was named after Kristina Stenbock, the wife of Governor General and Count Per Brahe. From the beginning of the year 2013 Ristiina is a part of Mikkeli city.
Ristiina is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the South Savo region. The municipality has a population of (31 December 2012) and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ristiina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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