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Larsmo
Larsmo – Luoto | |
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Municipality | |
| Larsmo kommun Luodon kunta | |
 Larsmo Church | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Larsmo in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 63°45′N 022°45′E / 63.750°N 22.750°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Jakobstad sub-region |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Gun Kapténs |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 853.28 km2 (329.45 sq mi) |
| • Land | 142.74 km2 (55.11 sq mi) |
| • Water | 711.07 km2 (274.55 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 283rd largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 5,876 |
| • Rank | 154th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 41.17/km2 (106.6/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 91.5% (official) |
| • Finnish | 5.2% |
| • Others | 3.3% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 29.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56% |
| • 65 or older | 14.7% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Larsmo (Finnish: Luoto, Finnish: [ˈluo̯to]) is a municipality in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Larsmo is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Larsmo is approximately 6,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 50,000. It is the 154th most populous municipality in Finland.
Larsmo consists of an archipelago of about 360 islands and numerous skerries. The length of the coastline is about 500 kilometres (310 mi). Lake Larsmo (Larsmosjön), which is Finland's largest artificial fresh water lake, is also located in the municipality. Larsmo covers an area of 853.28 square kilometres (329.45 sq mi) of which 711.07 km2 (274.55 sq mi) is water. The population density is 41.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (106.6/sq mi).
Larsmo is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 5% Finnish speakers, 92% Swedish speakers, and 3% speakers of other languages. Prior to 2014, Swedish was the sole official language of Larsmo.
Larsmo is also the name of one of the villages in the municipality of Larsmo.
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- ^ "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-11-19. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 2024-04-26. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
- ^ "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.