Karttula | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Karttulan kunta Swedish: Karttula kommun |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Savonia |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Kuopio sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Matti Raatikainen |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1873 |
Extinct Title: | Consolidated |
Extinct Date: | 2011 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 588.75 |
Area Land Km2: | 473.38 |
Area Water Km2: | 115.37 |
Population As Of: | 31 October 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 3483 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Population by native language |
Demographics1 Footnotes: | [3] |
Demographics1 Title1: | Finnish |
Demographics1 Info1: | 99.1% (official) |
Demographics1 Title2: | Swedish |
Demographics1 Info2: | 0.1% |
Demographics1 Info3: | % |
Demographics1 Title4: | Others |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.8% |
Demographics Type2: | Population by age |
Demographics2 Footnotes: | [4] |
Demographics2 Title1: | 0 to 14 |
Demographics2 Info1: | 20.0% |
Demographics2 Title2: | 15 to 64 |
Demographics2 Info2: | 63.2% |
Demographics2 Title3: | 65 or older |
Demographics2 Info3: | 16.8% |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 62.8967°N 84°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | www.karttula.fi |
Karttula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2011.[5]
The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region. It had a population of 3,483 (31 October 2010) and covered a land area of . The population density was .
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Karttula was consolidated with the city of Kuopio in 2011. Kuopio retained its name and coat of arms.[6]
Karttula was first mentioned in the 1620s, when it was a part of the Tavinsalmi (later Kuopio) parish. Its name is derived from the surname Karttunen. It was granted a chapel in 1769 and became its own parish in 1862.[7]