Kokkola
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Kokkola Kokkola – Karleby |
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Kokkolan kaupunki Karleby stad |
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Old Kokkola town hall
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 Location of Kokkola in Finland |
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| Coordinates: 63°50.2′N 023°08′E / 63.8367°N 23.133°ECoordinates: 63°50.2′N 023°08′E / 63.8367°N 23.133°E | ||
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 Finland
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| Region | Central Ostrobothnia | |
| Sub-region | Kokkola sub-region | |
| Charter | 1620 | |
| Government | ||
| • City manager | Antti Isotalus | |
| Area (2016-01-01) | ||
| • Total | 1,445.01 km2 (557.92 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 1,444.20 km2 (557.61 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 1,286.61 km2 (496.76 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 46th largest in Finland | |
| Population (2016-03-31) | ||
| • Total | 47,634 | |
| • Rank | 22nd largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 32.98/km2 (85.4/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language | ||
| • Finnish | 84.2% (official) | |
| • Swedish | 13.9% (official) | |
| • Others | 1.9% | |
| Population by age | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 18.8% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 65% | |
| • 65 or older | 16.2% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate | 19.75% | |
| Website | www.kokkola.fi | |
Kokkola (Swedish: Karleby) is a town and municipality of Finland. The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of 47,634 (31 March 2016) and covers an area of 1,445.01 square kilometres (557.92 sq mi) of which 1,286.61 km2 (496.76 sq mi) is water. The population density is 32.98 inhabitants per square kilometre (85.4/sq mi). Neighbour municipalities are Halsua, Kalajoki, Kannus, Kaustinen, Kronoby, Lestijärvi, Larsmo and Toholampi.
The municipality is bilingual with 84.2% being Finnish and 13.9% Swedish speakers.
The Finnish name Kokkola means "place of bonfire" or "place of eagle" because the Finnish root word kokko means both bonfire and white-tailed eagle (the suffix -la denotes location). The town was known in Swedish by the name Gamlakarleby until 1 January 1977 when the surrounding land municipality of Kaarlela (Swedish: Karleby) was consolidated with Kokkola, and the town took over the Swedish name of Karleby. The word gamla means "old", karl means "man" or "peasant" and by means "village", in tearn literally meaning '"old village of peasants" or Anglicised as "Old Peasantville". The Latin name was Carolina Vetus.
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