Korsholm
Korsholm – Mustasaari | |
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Municipality | |
| Korsholms kommun Mustasaaren kunta | |
 The Replot Bridge on a grey autumn day | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Korsholm in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°06′45″N 021°40′40″E / 63.11250°N 21.67778°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Vaasa sub-region |
| Charter | 1348 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Rurik Ahlberg |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 3,178.59 km2 (1,227.26 sq mi) |
| • Land | 849.49 km2 (327.99 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2,330.49 km2 (899.81 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 91st largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-08-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,741 |
| • Rank | 55th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 23.24/km2 (60.2/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 68.2% (official) |
| • Finnish | 28.4% |
| • Others | 3.4% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 19.7% |
| • 15 to 64 | 58% |
| • 65 or older | 22.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | en |
Korsholm (Finland Swedish: [korsˈholm]; Finnish: Mustasaari) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Korsholm is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Korsholm is approximately 20,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 111,000. It is the 55th most populous municipality in 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, situated 3 km (2 mi) from Vaasa center along Finnish national road 8.
Korsholm is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 28% Finnish speakers, 68% Swedish speakers, and 3% speakers of other languages.
- ^ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.