Larsmo
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 Finland
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| Landscape : | Ostrobothnia |
| Administrative community : | Jakobstad |
| Geographical location | 63 ° 45 ′ N , 22 ° 48 ′ E |
| Surface: | 853.61 km² |
| of which land area: | 142.47 km² |
| of which inland waterways: | 34.07 km² |
| of which sea area: | 677.07 km² |
| Residents : | 5,340 (Dec 31, 2018) |
| Population density : | 37.5 inhabitants / km² |
| Municipality number : | 440 |
| Language (s) : | Swedish , Finnish |
| Website : | www.larsmo.fi |
Larsmo (Swedish), Finnish Luoto , is a municipality with 5340 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018) in western Finland. It lies in the archipelago garden off the coast of the landscape Ostrobothnia . Up until the end of 2014, Larsmo was one of the three Finnish municipalities outside Åland , alongside Korsnäs and Närpes , in which only Swedish was the official language. On January 1, 2015, it became bilingual at its own request. 93.2% of the population are Finland-Swedes , around 6% are Finnish-speaking.
geography
The municipality of Larsmo extends over hundreds of islands and skerries in the Gulf of Bothnia , the total coastline is around 500 km. The straits between the two main islands Larsmo and Eugmo and the mainland were closed by dams in 1962; the bay behind it was separated from the Baltic Sea and is now a freshwater lake, the Larsmosjön . With an area of 85 km² and a capacity of 213 million cubic meters, it is one of the largest artificial freshwater reservoirs in Finland. The so-called “Siebenbrückenstraße”, which connects Larsmo with the towns of Karleby in the north and Jakobstad in the south, runs over the dams.
history
The political municipality Larsmo exists since 1867. It maintains partnerships with the places Klæbu (Norway) and Malå (Sweden). The most important industry in Larsmo is boat building; several medium-sized companies in this branch have settled here.
Attractions
The wooden church of Larsmo was built by Jakob Rijf in 1787 . Also worth seeing is a memorial on the small island of Orrskär, which commemorates the SS John Grafton . This British steamboat was supposed to smuggle weapons into the country for the Finnish resistance movement during the Russian Revolution in 1905 , but then ran aground near Orrskär. With the help of the local population, the weapons were unloaded, the ship's crew blew up the ship and fled across the Baltic Sea to Sweden.
Web links
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- ↑ Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): 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.
