Kesälahti | |
|---|---|
Former municipality | |
| Kesälahden kunta Kesälahti kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kesälahti in
Finland | |
| Coordinates: 61°53.5′N 029°50′E / 61.8917°N 29.833°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | North Karelia |
| Sub-region | Central Karelia sub-region |
| Charter | 1873 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Jorma Turunen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 583.08 km2 (225.13 sq mi) |
| • Land | 387.89 km2 (149.77 sq mi) |
| • Water | 195.19 km2 (75.36 sq mi) |
| Population (2012)
[2] | |
| • Total | 2,326 |
| • Density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 ( EET) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC+3 ( EEST) |
| Website | www.kesalahti.fi |
Kesälahti ( Swedish: Kesälahti, also Kesälax) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Kitee on 1 January 2013.
It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 2,326 (31 December 2012) [2] and covers an area of 583.08 square kilometres (225.13 sq mi) of which 195.19 km2 (75.36 sq mi) is water. [1] The population density is 5.9965/km2 (15.531/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The municipality was also known as "Kesälax" in Swedish. The Swedish name is now considered outdated according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland. [3]
History
Kesälahti was first mentioned in 1589 as a part of the Uukuniemi parish (originally pogost). The Uukuniemi parish was sometimes called Kesälahti as the main church was occasionally in the village, but Uukuniemi was a more common name for the parish. Kesälahti became a chapel community in 1700.
In 1721 according to the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War, Uukuniemi was among the territories ceded to Russia ( Old Finland), but Kesälahti was not included in the concessions. Kesälahti became an official parish in 1728. [4]
Kesälahti was consolidated with Kitee in 2013.
References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 156. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
External links
Media related to
Kesälahti at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kesälahti – Official website (in Finnish)
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