Karstula

Karstula
Municipality
Karstulan kunta

Karstula Church

Coat of arms

Location of Karstula in Finland
Coordinates: 62°52.5′N 024°48′E / 62.8750°N 24.800°ECoordinates: 62°52.5′N 024°48′E / 62.8750°N 24.800°E
Country Finland
Region Central Finland
Sub-region Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region
Charter 1867
Government
  Municipal manager Jukka Hiltunen
Area (2011-01-01)[1]
  Total 963.47 km2 (372.00 sq mi)
  Land 887.25 km2 (342.57 sq mi)
  Water 76.22 km2 (29.43 sq mi)
Area rank 112th largest in Finland
Population (2014-11-30)[2]
  Total 4,298
  Rank 205th largest in Finland
  Density 4.84/km2 (12.5/sq mi)
Population by native language[3]
  Finnish 99.5% (official)
  Others 0.5%
Population by age[4]
  0 to 14 15.2%
  15 to 64 60.7%
  65 or older 24.1%
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Municipal tax rate[5] 18.5%
Website www.karstula.fi

Karstula is a municipality of Finland founded in 1867. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 4,298 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of 963.47 square kilometres (372.00 sq mi) of which 76.22 km2 (29.43 sq mi) is water.[1] There are all together 159 lakes in Karstula. Biggest lakes are Pääjärvi, Enonjärvi and Vahanka.[6] The population density is 4.84 inhabitants per square kilometre (12.5/sq mi).

Architecture

People born in Karstula

Culture

Twin cities

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  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 and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. "Karstula". Järviwiki. Finland's Environmental Administration. 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  7. "Kolme vuosikymmentä pohjoismaisia ystäväkuntasuhteita Karstulassa" (PDF) (in Finnish). Karstulan Pohjola-Norden ry. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  8. "Kolme vuosikymmentä pohjoismaisia ystäväkuntasuhteita Karstulassa" (PDF) (in Finnish). Karstulan Pohjola-Norden ry. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  9. "Kolme vuosikymmentä pohjoismaisia ystäväkuntasuhteita Karstulassa" (PDF) (in Finnish). Karstulan Pohjola-Norden ry. Retrieved 7 May 2012.

External links

Media related to Karstula at Wikimedia Commons