Kärsämäki

Kärsämä kunta

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Basic data
State :	Finland
Landscape :	Northern Ostrobothnia
Administrative community :	Nivala-Haapajärvi
Geographical location	63 ° 58 ′  N , 25 ° 46 ′  E Coordinates: 63 ° 58 ′  N , 25 ° 46 ′  E
Surface:	700.93 km²
of which land area:	694.88 km²
of which inland waterways:	6.05 km²
Residents :	2,613 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density :	3.8 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number :	317
Language (s) :	Finnish
Website :	www.karsamaki.fi

Kärsämäki [ ˈkærsæmæki ] is a municipality with 2613 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) in Finland . It is located around 120 km southeast of the city of Oulu in the North Ostrobothnian countryside .

In addition to the parish village of Kärsämäki, the community includes the towns of Hautajoki, Miiluranta, Ojalehto-Alajoki, Porkkala, Rannankylä, Saviselkä, Sydänmaankylä and Venetpalo. Kärsämäki is an important traffic junction in Northern Finland: State roads 4 (Helsinki – Oulu) and 28 (Kokkola – Kajaani) intersect here, and the main road 58 to Keuruu begins here . The largest employers are the municipality, agriculture and forestry as well as the factory of the furniture manufacturer In Cap Furnitures .

The wooden church of Kärsämäki, built in 1842, was designed according to a drawing by Carl Ludwig Engel . A modern summer church ( Paanukirkko ) clad with clapboards was built in 2004.

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  Paanukirkko

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  Church tower of Paanukirkko

Web links

Commons : Kärsämäki  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Roof shingle church project of the municipality of Kärsämäki

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF; 199 kB)
2. ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018