Korsnäs
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Korsnäs |
| official_name | Korsnäs kommun |
| Korsnäsin kunta | |
| settlement_type | Municipality |
| image_skyline | Harrström bridge 2.JPG |
| image_shield | Korsnäs.vaakuna.svg |
| shield_size | 120x80px |
| image_map | Korsnäs sijainti Suomi.svg |
| map_caption | Location of Korsnäs in Finland |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Finland |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Ostrobothnia |
| subdivision_type2 | Sub-region |
| subdivision_name2 | Vaasa |
| leader_title | Municipal manager |
| leader_name | Christina Båssar |
| established_title | Charter |
| established_date | 1887 |
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| demographics1_info2 | (official) |
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| timezone | EET |
| utc_offset | +02:00 |
| timezone_DST | EEST |
| utc_offset_DST | +03:00 |
| website | |
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Korsnäs is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages.
Geography
Korsnäs is the most western mainland municipality in Finland. It covers an area of {{Data Finland municipality/total area|Korsnäs}} km2 of which {{Data Finland municipality/waters area|Korsnäs}} km2 is water.
It has a long, rocky coastline along the Gulf of Bothnia. The three largest islands are Halsön, Bredskäret and Södra Björkön, all used as important recreation areas for urban dwellers.
Climate
Korsnäs has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with oceanic influences.{{Weather box | location = Korsnäs Bredskäret (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1993– present) | collapsed = | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan record high C = 7.1 | Feb record high C = 6.2 | Mar record high C = 12.0 | Apr record high C = 18.3 | May record high C = 25.6 | Jun record high C = 29.4 | Jul record high C = 29.1 | Aug record high C = 29.1 | Sep record high C = 25.0 | Oct record high C = 16.2 | Nov record high C = 11.7 | Dec record high C = 7.4 | year record high C = 29.4 | Jan mean C = -3.9 | Feb mean C = -5.0 | Mar mean C = -2.5 | Apr mean C = 1.9 | May mean C = 7.8 | Jun mean C = 13.0 | Jul mean C = 16.4 | Aug mean C = 15.9 | Sep mean C = 11.6 | Oct mean C = 6.1 | Nov mean C = 1.7 | Dec mean C = -1.5 | year mean C = 5.1 | Jan record low C = -38.1 | Feb record low C = -27.8 | Mar record low C = -24.7 | Apr record low C = -16.7 | May record low C = -1.8 | Jun record low C = 3.8 | Jul record low C = 7.8 | Aug record low C = 7.4 | Sep record low C = 0.8 | Oct record low C = -6.2 | Nov record low C = -19.3 | Dec record low C = -28.7 | year record low C = -38.1 | source 2 = Record highs and lows{{cite web | url = https://kilotavu.com/fmi-tilastot.php?taulukkomoodi=true | title = FMI open data | publisher = FMI | access-date = 6 July 2025}} | source = FMI normals 1991-2020
History
Due to the post-glacial rebound, most of the area that today forms the municipality of Korsnäs stood under water until around 1000 A.D. The first settlement in Korsnäs is assumed to stem from the 13th century. Some place names of Finnish origin (such as Molpe (Moikipää) and Taklax (Takalaksi)) indicate a Finnish-speaking presence in the 13th century, although it is disputed if these people (probably from Häme) only used the area for fishing on a seasonly basis or if they established a proper, but sparse, settlement. Swedish-speaking settlers came to the area in the 13th or 14th century.
Population
The municipality has a population of (), which make it the smallest municipality in Ostrobothnia in terms of population. The population density is PD/km2.
Korsnäs is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages. Prior to 2014, Swedish was the only official language.
Politics
In the 2017 Municipal elections Swedish People's Party got 95 percent of the vote, which obtained it each of the 21 seats of the municipality council.
Name
Korsnäs is the municipality's official name in both Swedish and Finnish. The Finnish names Korsnääsi or Ristitaipale are known to have been used historically in some contexts.
Korsnäs was first mentioned in historical documents is 1442, and some individual villages, like Molpe (then called Moikipä) was first mentioned in 1490, and Harrström (then called Harffuaström) in 1494. Korsnäs became an independent municipality in 1887. Prior to that, the area belonged to Närpes.
Famous people hailing from Korsnäs
- Geri Halliwell, whose grandfather was born and raised there
References
References
- "Korsnäs". archipelago.nu.
- "FMI normals 1991-2020". fmi.fi.
- Johan Ulfvens: "Korsnäsbor och korsnäsbyar". In: ''Korsnäs historia''. Korsnäs 1981, pp. 9–25, p. 16.
- Olov Ahlbäck: "Österbottnisk medeltid". In: ''Svenska Österbottens historia I''. Vasa 1977, pp. 45–56.
- Lars Huldén: "Vad berättar ortnamnen om den svenska bosättningens uppkomst i Finland?" In: Ann-Marie Ivars and Lena Huldén [eds.]: ''När kom svenskarna till Finland?''. Helsingfors 2002, pp. 63–80, p. 69
- [https://vaalit.yle.fi/resultat/kv2017/valkrets/10/kommun/280 Kommunalval 2017], YLE resultattjänst, accessed 6 July 2019.
- link. (30 September 2007.)
- "Tämä domain on varattu {{!}} www.matkailupohjanmaa.fi".
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