Kesälahti

Kesälahti
Kesälahti
Former municipality
	Kesälahden kunta; Kesälahti kommun
	Coat of arms
	Location of Kesälahti in Finland
	Coordinates: 61°53.5′N 029°50′E / 61.8917°N 29.833°ECoordinates: 61°53.5′N 029°50′E / 61.8917°N 29.833°E
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Sub-region	Central Karelia sub-region
Charter	1873
Government
• Municipal manager	Jorma Turunen
Area
• Total	583.08 km2 (225.13 sq mi)
• Land	387.89 km2 (149.77 sq mi)
• Water	195.19 km2 (75.36 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	2,326
• Density	4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.kesalahti.fi

Kesälahti (Swedish: Kesälahti, also Kesälax) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Kitee on 1 January 2013.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 2,326 (31 December 2012)^[2] and covers an area of 583.08 square kilometres (225.13 sq mi) of which 195.19 km² (75.36 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.9965/km² (15.531/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The municipality was also known as "Kesälax" in Swedish. The Swedish name is now considered outdated according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
^ ^a ^b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
^ "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.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links[]

Media related to Kesälahti at Wikimedia Commons

Municipality of Kesälahti – Official website (in Finnish)

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[total_area-1] "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.

[population_count-2] "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

[population_by_language-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.^{[permanent dead link]}

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v t Municipalities of North Karelia
Municipalities	Heinävesi Ilomantsi Joensuu Juuka Kitee Kontiolahti Lieksa Liperi Nurmes Outokumpu Polvijärvi Rääkkylä Tohmajärvi
Former municipalities	Eno Kesälahti Kiihtelysvaara Oulujoki Pielisjärvi Pyhäselkä Tuupovaara Valtimo Värtsilä
North Karelia Finland

Kesälahti
Former municipality
Kesälahden kunta Kesälahti kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Kesälahti in Finland
Coordinates: 61°53.5′N 029°50′E / 61.8917°N 29.833°E / 61.8917; 29.833Coordinates: 61°53.5′N 029°50′E / 61.8917°N 29.833°E / 61.8917; 29.833
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Sub-region	Central Karelia sub-region
Charter	1873
Government
• Municipal manager	Jorma Turunen
Area ^[1]
• Total	583.08 km² (225.13 sq mi)
• Land	387.89 km² (149.77 sq mi)
• Water	195.19 km² (75.36 sq mi)
Population (2012)^[2]
• Total	2,326
• Density	4.0/km² (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.kesalahti.fi