Karttula
Former municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karttula is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the city of Kuopio on 1 January 2011.[5]
Not to be confused with Karstula.
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Karttula | |
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Former municipality | |
Karttulan kunta Karttula kommun | |
Coordinates: 62°53.8′N 026°58′E | |
Country | Finland |
Region | Northern Savonia |
Sub-region | Kuopio sub-region |
Charter | 1873 |
Consolidated | 2011 |
Government | |
• Municipal manager | Matti Raatikainen |
Area | |
• Total | 588.75 km2 (227.32 sq mi) |
• Land | 473.38 km2 (182.77 sq mi) |
• Water | 115.37 km2 (44.54 sq mi) |
Population (31 October 2010)[2] | |
• Total | 3,483 |
• Density | 5.9/km2 (15/sq mi) |
Population by native language | |
• Finnish | 99.1% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.1% |
• Others | 0.8% |
Population by age | |
• 0 to 14 | 20.0% |
• 15 to 64 | 63.2% |
• 65 or older | 16.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.karttula.fi |
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The municipality was located in the Northern Savonia region. It had a population of 3,483 (31 October 2010)[2] and covered a land area of 473.38 square kilometres (182.77 sq mi).[1] The population density was 7.36 inhabitants per square kilometre (19.1/sq mi).
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
Karttula was consolidated with the city of Kuopio in 2011. Kuopio retained its name and coat of arms.[6]