Kesälahti

Kesälahti
Former municipality
Kesälahden kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Kesälahti in Finland
Coordinates: 61°53.5′N 029°50′E / 61.8917°N 29.833°E / 61.8917; 29.833Coordinates: 61°53.5′N 029°50′E / 61.8917°N 29.833°E / 61.8917; 29.833
Country Finland
Region North Karelia
Sub-region Central Karelia sub-region
Charter 1873
Government
 • Municipal manager Jorma Turunen
Area[1]
 • 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 6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Website www.kesalahti.fi

Kesälahti 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 has previously also been known as "Kesälax" in Swedish documents, but is today referred to as "Kesälahti" also in Swedish.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "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.

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