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Karstula

— Municipality —

Karstulan kunta

Karstula Church

Coat of arms

Location of Karstula in Finland

Coordinates: 62°52.5′N 024°48′E / 62.875°N 24.8°ECoordinates: 62°52.5′N 024°48′E / 62.875°N 24.8°E

Saarijärvi–Viitasaari sub-region

Charter

1867

Government

- Municipal manager

Jukka Hiltunen

Area (2009-01-01)^[1]

- Total

963.51 km² (372 sq mi)

- Land

887.32 km² (342.6 sq mi)

- Water

76.19 km² (29.4 sq mi)

Area rank

111th largest in Finland

Population (2009-12-31)^[2]

- Total

4,563

- Density

5.14/km² (13.3/sq mi)

Population rank

205th largest in Finland

Population by native language ^[3]

- Finnish

99.5% (official)

- Others

0.5%

Population by age ^[4]

- 0 to 14

15.2%

- 15 to 64

60.7%

- 65 or older

24.1%

Time zone

EET (UTC+2)

- Summer (DST)

EEST (UTC+3)

Municipal tax rate^[5]

18.5%

Website

www.karstula.fi

Karstula is a municipality of Finland founded in 1867. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of 4,563 (31 December 2009)^[2] and covers an area of 963.51 square kilometres (372.01 sq mi) of which 76.19 km² (29.42 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.14 inhabitants per square kilometre (13.3 /sq mi).

1 Architecture
2 People
3 Culture
4 References
5 External links

Architecture

A number of historical buildings (from the beginning of the 20th century) has been preserved in the village centre, representing the original countryside buildings of the region.
There's also a cottage designed by Alvar Aalto, though it is not listed in most Aalto's biographies.

People

Harri Koskinen, designer
Jarmo Mäkinen, actor

Culture

The International Shooting Week

References

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_1.1.2009.pdf. Retrieved 20 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2009" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/4AD425C09E8E9093C22576AA001D7112/$file/091231.htm. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2010". Tax Administration of Finland. 24 November 2009. http://www.vero.fi/download.asp?id=5853;25512. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

External links

Media related to Karstula at Wikimedia Commons
Municipality of Karstula – Official website (Finnish)
Karstula official tourism site
The International Shooting Week

Municipalities of Central Finland

Municipalities	Äänekoski · Hankasalmi · Jämsä · Joutsa · Jyväskylä · Kannonkoski · Karstula · Keuruu · Kinnula · Kivijärvi · Konnevesi · Kuhmoinen · Kyyjärvi · Laukaa · Luhanka · Multia · Muurame · Petäjävesi · Pihtipudas · Saarijärvi · Toivakka · Uurainen · Viitasaari

Former municipalities	Jämsänkoski · Jyväskylän maalaiskunta · Konginkangas · Korpilahti · Koskenpää · Leivonmäki · Pihlajavesi · Pylkönmäki · Säynätsalo · Sumiainen · Suolahti

Central Finland · Finland