Kesälahti

Kesälahti (Swedish: Kesälahti, also Kesälax) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Kitee on 1 January 2013.

Kesälahti
Former municipality
Kesälahden kunta Kesälahti kommun
Coat of arms
Location of Kesälahti in Finland
Coordinates: 61°53.5′N 029°50′E
Country	Finland
Region	North Karelia
Sub-region	Central Karelia sub-region
Charter	1873
Government
• Municipal manager	Jorma Turunen
Area [1]
• Total	583.08 km2 (225.13 sq mi)
• Land	387.89 km2 (149.77 sq mi)
• Water	195.19 km2 (75.36 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[2]
• Total	2,326
• Density	4.0/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.kesalahti.fi

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of 2,326 (31 December 2012)^[2] and covers an area of 583.08 square kilometres (225.13 sq mi) of which 195.19 km² (75.36 sq mi) is water.^[1] The population density is 5.9965/km² (15.531/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish. The municipality was also known as "Kesälax" in Swedish. The Swedish name is now considered outdated according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland.^[3]

History

Kesälahti was first mentioned in 1589 as a part of the Uukuniemi parish (originally pogost). The Uukuniemi parish was sometimes called Kesälahti as the main church was occasionally in the village, but Uukuniemi was a more common name for the parish. Kesälahti became a chapel community in 1700.

In 1721 according to the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War, Uukuniemi was among the territories ceded to Russia (Old Finland), but Kesälahti was not included in the concessions. Kesälahti became an official parish in 1728.^[4]

Kesälahti was consolidated with Kitee in 2013.

References

1. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
2. "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 31.1.2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 3 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
3. "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]}
4. "SuomalainenPaikannimikirja_e-kirja_kuvallinen.pdf" (PDF). kaino.kotus.fi (in Finnish). p. 156. Retrieved August 24, 2022.

External links

Media related to Kesälahti at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Kesälahti – Official website (in Finnish)