Kerimäki Explained

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:%
Demographics1 Info3:%
Demographics1 Info4:%
Demographics2 Title1:0 to 14
Demographics2 Info1:%
Demographics2 Title2:15 to 64
Demographics2 Info2:%
Demographics2 Title3:65 or older
Demographics2 Info3:%
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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011 . 9 March 2011 . Land Survey of Finland . PDF . Finnish, Swedish.
  2. Web site: VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012 . Population Register Center of Finland . Finnish, Swedish . 11 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131003192016/http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=6847&site=3&id=0 . 3 October 2013 .