Kerimäki | |
Official Name: | Finnish: Kerimäen kunta Swedish: Kerimäki kommun |
Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
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Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southern Savonia |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Savonlinna sub-region |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 1642 |
Extinct Title: | Consolidated |
Extinct Date: | 2013 |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 876.46 |
Area Land Km2: | 557.65 |
Area Water Km2: | 318.81 |
Population As Of: | 2012 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 5526 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics1 Info1: | % (official) |
Demographics1 Info2: | % |
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Demographics1 Info4: | % |
Demographics2 Title1: | 0 to 14 |
Demographics2 Info1: | % |
Demographics2 Title2: | 15 to 64 |
Demographics2 Info2: | % |
Demographics2 Title3: | 65 or older |
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Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
Coordinates: | 61.9167°N 46°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Website: | www.kerimaki.fi |
Kerimäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
The Kerimäki Church, built between 1844 and 1847, is the largest wooden church in the world (long, 42m (138feet) wide and 37m (121feet) high). There are over 3,000 seats inside the structure, which can hold 5,000 people at a time.
Lake Puruvesi, which lies less than a kilometre away from the church, is one of the clearest lakes in the world. The water is pure enough to be potable.