Kärsämäki
Template:Infobox Finnish City Kärsämäki is a City of Finland.
It is located in the City of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[1] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[2] The population density is [convert: invalid number]. Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Siikalatva.
The name Kärsämäki means literally "snout hill".
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Nature
Most common soil type is till.
Over 60% of area is swamp. Bigges swamps are Kärsämäenneva, Lauttaneva, Onkineva and Vellihonganneva.
Pyhäjoki river flows through municipality.
Villages
- Venetpalo
- Kirkonkylä
- Miiluranta
- Ojalehto
- Alajoki
- Porkkala
- Rannankylä
- Saviselkä
- Sydänmaankylä
- Venetpalo
- Pyrrönperä
Notable people
References
External links
Media related to Kärsämäki at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kärsämäki – Official website Template:Fi icon