Kaarlela
Kaarlela [ ˈkɑːrlɛlɑ ] (until 1927 rural community Kokkola ( Kokkolan maalaiskunta ), Swedish Karleby ) is a former community in the Finnish countryside of Central Ostrobothnia and today part of the city of Kokkola .
The history of Kaarlela is closely interwoven with that of Kokkola. Kaarlela goes back to the historic parish of Kokkola (Karleby), which was separated from the parish of Pedersöre around 1500 . In 1620 the town of Kokkola was founded on the territory of the parish. In Swedish this was given the name Gamlakarleby ("Old Karleby", to distinguish it from the town of Nykarleby , which was founded in the same year ), while the parish was still called Karleby . In Finnish, the town and parish were both known as Kokkola . With the separation of the political communities from the church administration, the rural community Kokkola ( Kokkolan maalaiskunta ) was created at the end of the 19th century , the area of which completely enclosed the city of Kokkola. In 1927 the rural community of Kokkola was given the new Finnish name Kaarlela . The archipelago off the coast broke away from Kaarlela in 1932 as an independent municipality of Öja , but was incorporated again in 1969. In 1977 Kaarlela was again attached to the city of Kokkola. On this occasion, the city of Kokkola from Kaarlela took over the Swedish name Karleby . The municipality of Kaarlela last had an area of 335.0 square kilometers and 10,126 inhabitants (1973). In 1960 the Finnish Swedes made up 55.5% of the population .
The Church of Kaarlela probably originated in the 16th century. 1786–1789 it was expanded to become a cruciform church.