Kristinestad
Kristinestad
Kristinestad – Kristiinankaupunki | |
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Town | |
Kristinestads stad Kristiinankaupungin kaupunki | |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 11.9% |
• 15 to 64 | 51.4% |
• 65 or older | 36.7% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Website | www |
Kristinestad (Finland Swedish:
Kristinestad is located in the western part of Finland on the shore of the Bothnian Sea. Kristinestad covers an area of 683.25 km2 (263.80 sq mi) (excluding sea areas) of which 14.66 km2 (5.66 sq mi) is inland water.[2] The population density is 9.07/km2 (23.5/sq mi).
Kristinestad is a
as its official languages. The population consists of 41% Finnish speakers, 54% Swedish speakers, and 5% speakers of other languages.The Finnish name "Kristiinankaupunki" is the longest municipality name currently in use in Finland. In the vernacular, locally and on some maps, the town itself is known only as "Kristiina".
History
The town was chartered in 1649 by
Geography
Climate
Kristinestad has a continental subarctic climate (Dfc).
Climate data for Kristinestad | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −8 (18) |
−7.8 (18.0) |
−3.7 (25.3) |
1.9 (35.4) |
9 (48) |
14 (57) |
15.7 (60.3) |
13.8 (56.8) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.0 (39.2) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−5.6 (21.9) |
3.4 (38.1) |
Average precipitation days | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 116 |
Source: http://www.yr.no/place/Finland/Western_Finland/Kristinestad~650770/statistics.html |
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Kristinestad is
Gallery
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Ulrica Eleonora church in central Kristinestad.
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During twilight over the town bay and the silhouette.
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Summer market of Kristinestad in 1989.
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City Hall (1865)
See also
References
- ^ a b c Get to known the town: Urban traditions since 1649 – Visit Kristinestad
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
- ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland - Institutet för de inhemska språken".
- ^ "Kristinestad, Kristinestad - Finlandssvenska bebyggelsenamn".
- ^ Kristiinankaupunki on Suomen ensimmäinen ja ainut Cittaslow-kaupunki, eli virallisesti leppoisa (in Finnish)
External links
- Media related to Kristinestad at Wikimedia Commons
- Kristinestad travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official website Archived 2016-02-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Swedish, Finnish, English, and German)
- Kristinestad 1649–1999. One of the best preserved wooden towns in Fenno-Scandinavia