Municipality:Korsholm

Korsholm (Mustasaari)
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The municipality Korsholm in Finland
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Korsholm coat of arms
RegionLänsi- ja Sisä-Suomi
Number of zones14
Maximum PPH14
Last updated2022-10-22


Korsholm (in finnish Mustasaari) is a municipality in the region of Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomi (Western and Inner Finland) in Finland. Korsholm has 19 453 inhabitants and belongs to the province of Pohjanmaa. The adminstrative center in Korsholm is Smedsby.

The extensive archipelago means that the coastline is very long – approximately 1,600 km. Since 2006, the archipelago has by large been a world heritage site along with the High Coast in Sweden.

Korsholm is a bilingual municipality with Swedish as the majority language (68.7%) and Finnish as the minority language (28.7%).

Location[edit]

Korsholm is bordering to the city of Vaasa and the municipalities Laihela, Malax and Vörå.

Zones[edit]

There are 14 turfzones in Korsholm, where one is counted as a world heritage sites and one as a holy zone.

The most taken zone is KorsholmCity that is located by the Hotel Vallonia.

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.

Updated: 2022-10-22

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