Korsnäs
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | Ostrobothnia |
| Administrative community : | Vaasa |
| Geographical location | 62 ° 47 ' N , 21 ° 11' E |
| Surface: | 1,424.72 km² |
| of which land area: | 235.65 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 3.94 km² |
| of which sea area: | 1,185.13 km² |
| Residents : | 2,122 (Dec 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 9 people / km² |
| Municipality number : | 280 |
| Language (s) : | Swedish , Finnish |
| Website : | www.korsnas.fi |
Korsnäs is a municipality with 2122 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) in the western Finnish region of Ostrobothnia . Until the end of 2014, it was one of the three municipalities on the Finnish mainland, alongside Närpes and Larsmo , in which only Swedish was the official language. On January 1, 2015, it became bilingual at its own request. 88.4 percent of the population are Finland-Swedes (as of 2012). The Finnish name of Korsnäs, Korsnääsi and Ristitaipale , is purely historical and is not officially used.
Korsnäs is the westernmost municipality on the Finnish mainland. It is located around 50 kilometers southwest of the city of Vaasa on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia . Including the offshore islands and skerries, it covers an area of 234 square kilometers and has a total coastline of around 320 kilometers. In addition to the parish village of Korsnäs, it includes the villages of Korsbäck, Molpe, Taklax, and Harrström. The largest islands are Bredskäret, Halsön and Södra Björkön.
Korsnäs, Molpe and Harrström were first mentioned in the 15th century. Until the communal independence in 1887, Korsnäs belonged to the municipality of Närpes .
The parish church of Korsnäs was built in 1831 by Carl Ludwig Engel in the neoclassical style.
The ore mine, in which silver-bearing galena was mined as the main mineral until 1970, was significant . Attractive crystallized mineral specimens of apophyllite , harmotome and calcite made the mine famous. In addition to the minerals mentioned, there were about 20 other types of mineral.
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- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish Land Surveyors): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 . (PDF file; 194 kB)
- ↑ Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
- ↑ Korsnäs and Larsmo become bilingual.
- ↑ Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases ( memento of the original from July 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
