Kärsämäki
Sign in to saveKärsämäki (; 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 () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Kärsämäki is a significant road junction where Highway 4 (Helsinki–Oulu–Utsjoki) and Highway 28 (Kokkola–Kajaani) intersect and where Highway 58 leading to Kangasala begins. The distance to the regional capital Oulu is .
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Within Vinony's link graph, Kärsämäki is referenced by 72 other articles, and connects out to North Ostrobothnia, Siikajoki and Finland.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics 1869 establishments in the Russian Empire, Municipalities of North Ostrobothnia and Populated places established in 1869.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kärsämäki
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Paanukirkko 2008.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Kärsämäki Church ()
- Settlement.image_shield
- Kärsämäki.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- Kärsämäki sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Kärsämäki in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- North Ostrobothnia
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Nivala–Haapajärvi
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Riitta Hokkanen
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
- Settlement.established_date
- 1869
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Finland
- Official name
- Kärsämäen kunta
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Oulu Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 2440
- Area
- 4.92
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Siikalatva
- Official website
- karsamaki.fi
- Image
- Paanukirkko Kirchturm.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kärsämäki
- topic's main category
- Category:Kärsämäki
- inception
- 1869-01-01
- different from
- Kärsämäki
- associated electoral district
- Oulu
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Nivala-Haapajärvi sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=317
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Nature
- Villages
- History
- Demographics
- Culture
- Food
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Kärsämäki (; 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 () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Kärsämäki is a significant road junction where Highway 4 (Helsinki–Oulu–Utsjoki) and Highway 28 (Kokkola–Kajaani) intersect and where Highway 58 leading to Kangasala begins. The distance to the regional capital Oulu is .
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. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kärsämäki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
3 mapped locations