Ristiina
Template:Infobox Finnish former municipality Ristiina (in Swedish also known as Kristina) was a municipality of Finland. It was founded in 1649 and it was named after Kristina Stenbock, the wife of Governor General and Count Per Brahe. From the beginning of the year 2013 is a part of Mikkeli city.
Ristiina is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of 4,856 (31 December 2012)[1] and covers an area of 742.02 square kilometres (286.50 sq mi) of which 175.87 km2 (67.90 sq mi) is water.[2] The population density is 8.5772/km2 (22.2149/sq mi).
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.[3] The municipality has previously also been known as "Kristina" in Swedish documents, but is today often referred to as "Ristiina" also in Swedish.[4]
References
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total_areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "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. Retrieved 29 March 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus :: Kuntien nimet Archived 2011-12-23 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Media related to Ristiina at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Ristiina – Official website Template:Fi icon
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