Kärsämäki

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Kärsämäki
Municipality
Kärsämäen kunta
Kärsämäki kommun
Kärsämäki Church (Paanukirkko)
Kärsämäki Church (Paanukirkko)
Coat of arms of Kärsämäki
Coat of arms
Location of Kärsämäki in Finland
Location of Kärsämäki in Finland
Coordinates: 63°58.5′N 025°45.5′E / 63.9750°N 25.7583°E / 63.9750; 25.7583Coordinates: 63°58.5′N 025°45.5′E / 63.9750°N 25.7583°E / 63.9750; 25.7583
Country Finland
RegionNorthern Ostrobothnia
Sub-regionNivala–Haapajärvi sub-region
Charter1869
Government
 • Town managerRiitta Hokkanen
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total700.91 km2 (270.62 sq mi)
 • Land694.81 km2 (268.27 sq mi)
 • Water6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Area rank121st largest in Finland
Population
 (2021-03-31)[2]
 • Total2,528
 • Rank238th largest in Finland
 • Density3.64/km2 (9.4/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish99.3% (official)
 • Others0.7%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1417.7%
 • 15 to 6453.9%
 • 65 or older28.4%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]21.5%
Websitewww.karsamaki.fi

Kärsämäki (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkærsæˌmæki]; literally meaning "snout hill") is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,528 (31 March 2021)[2] and covers an area of 700.91 square kilometres (270.62 sq mi) of which 6.06 km2 (2.34 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 3.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (9.4/sq mi). Kärsämäki is a significant road junction where Highway 4 (Helsinki–Oulu–Utsjoki) and (Kokkola–Kajaani) intersect and where Highway 58 leading to Kangasala begins.[6] The distance to the regional capital Oulu is 123 kilometres (76 mi).

Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Siikalatva. The previous neighboring municipality was Piippola, which was merged with the municipality of Siikalatva in 2009.[7] The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The explanation of the coat of arms of the municipality of Kärsämäki is "in the silver field the terrace and the boat, both blue, seven red fire tabs rise from the boat."[8] The subject of the coat of arms refers to the name of the village of , which in turn comes from the tribal battles with the Tavastians. The village is told by the Tavastians shout ”Veneet palaa!” (lit. "Boats are burning!") according to local villagers set fire to the raiding boats on fire.[9] The coat of arms was designed by Gustaf von Numers and approved by the Kärsämäki Municipal Council at its meeting on June 23, 1964. The coat of arms was approved for use by the Ministry of the Interior on October 5 of the same year.[10]

Geography[]

Nature[]

Most common soil type is till.[6] In terms of surface shape, Kärsämäki is a gently sloping expanse, in which case the terrain rises only when going southeast; of these, the highest elevations in the Saviselkä village area rise up to 180m.[11]

Over 60% of area is swamp. Bigges swamps are Kärsämäenneva, Lauttaneva, Onkineva and Vellihonganneva.[6]

The Pyhäjoki river flows through Kärsämäki.[6] Another significant river is Hautajoki along the village by the same name.[12]

Villages[]

Alajoki, (Kirkonkylä), Miiluranta, , , , , , and .

Demographics[]

At the end of 2018, Kärsämäki had 2,611 inhabitants, of which 1,188 lived in urban area, 1,407 in sparsely populated areas and the residences of 16 were unknown. The degree of agglomeration in Kärsämäki is 45.8%.[13] There is only one urban in the municipality, the church village of Kärsämäki.[14]

Notable people[]

Culture[]

Food[]

In the 1980s, Kärsämäki's traditional parish dishes were elsuupa cooked from rice, raisins and bread cheese, a potato-pork casserole called läksloota and the rieska bread.[15]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M03*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003-2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Kärsämäki-info (in Finnish)
  7. ^ "Pohjois-Pohjanmaalle tulee uusi Siikalatvan kunta". YLE Uutiset (YLE News) (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
  8. ^ Suomen kunnallisvaakunat (in Finnish). Suomen Kunnallisliitto. 1982. p. 143. ISBN 951-773-085-3.
  9. ^ Venetpalon historia - Venetpalon kylä (in Finnish)
  10. ^ "Sisäasiainministeriön vahvistamat kaupunkien, kauppaloiden ja kuntien vaakunat 1949-1995 I:10 Kärsämäki" (in Finnish). Kansallisarkiston digitaaliarkisto.
  11. ^ Kalevi Rikkinen (1986). Finlandia, Otavan iso maammekirja 8 (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. ISBN 951-1-09142-5.
  12. ^ Hautajoki at Fonecta
  13. ^ "Taajama-aste alueittain 31.12.2018" (in Finnish). Tilastokeskus. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  14. ^ "Taajama- ja haja-asutusalueväestö iän ja sukupuolen mukaan kunnittain 31.12.2018" (in Finnish). Tilastokeskus. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
  15. ^ Jaakko Kolmonen (1988). Kotomaamme ruoka-aitta: Suomen, Karjalan ja Petsamon pitäjäruoat (in Finnish). Helsinki: Patakolmonen. p. 170. ISBN 951-96047-3-1.

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