Korsholm
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Korsholm Korsholm – Mustasaari |
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| Korsholms kommun – Mustasaaren kunta | ||
The Replot Bridge on a grey autumn day
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 Location of Korsholm in Finland |
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| Coordinates: 63°06′45″N 021°40′40″E / 63.11250°N 21.67778°ECoordinates: 63°06′45″N 021°40′40″E / 63.11250°N 21.67778°E | ||
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 Finland
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| Region | Ostrobothnia | |
| Sub-region | Vaasa sub-region | |
| Charter | 1348 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Rurik Ahlberg | |
| Area (2016-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 848.83 km2 (327.74 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 848.14 km2 (327.47 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 2,330.49 km2 (899.81 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 91st largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 19,308 | |
| • Rank | 60th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 22.77/km2 (59.0/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Swedish | 70.2% (official) | |
| • Finnish | 28.7% (official) | |
| • Others | 1% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 19.4% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 63.9% | |
| • 65 or older | 16.7% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate | 19.75% | |
| Website | www.korsholm.fi | |
Korsholm (Finnish: Mustasaari) is a municipality of Finland. The town of Vaasa was founded in Korsholm parish in 1606 and today the municipality completely surrounds the city. It is a coastal, mostly rural municipality, consisting of a rural landscape and a large, fractured archipelago. The administrative center is Smedsby (Finnish: Sepänkylä), situated 3 km (2 mi) from Vaasa center along Finnish national road 8.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality consists of the central areas, the southern plain, and the extensive archipelago. Parts of the archipelago belong to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Kvarken (Finnish: Merenkurkku).
One of Korsholm's more notable landmarks is that it holds Finland's longest bridge, the Replot Bridge (Finnish: Raippaluodon silta). The bridge connects the island of Replot (Finnish: Raippaluoto) to the mainland. Finland's second oldest stone bridge that is still in use, can also be found in Korsholm, in the village of Toby (Finnish: Tuovila).
Major islands in the archipelago include Replot, Björkö, Köklot, Panike and the Valsörarna archipelago.
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