Kestilä is a village and former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region.
Kestilä | |
|---|---|
Village, former municipality | |
| Kestilän kunta Kestilä kommun | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Kestilä in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 64°21′N 026°17′E / 64.350°N 26.283°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Northern Ostrobothnia |
| Sub-region | Siikalatva sub-region |
| Charter | 1867 |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 606.53 km2 (234.18 sq mi) |
| • Land | 601.44 km2 (232.22 sq mi) |
| • Water | 5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi) |
| Population (2015-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 536 |
| • Density | 0.88/km2 (2.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Established in 1867, the population was 536 as of 31 December 2015.[2] The municipality covered an area of 606.53 km2 (234.18 sq mi) of which 5.09 km2 (1.97 sq mi) is water.[1]
The municipality was unilingually Finnish.
The municipality was consolidated with Piippola, Pulkkila and Rantsila on 2009-01-01 to form a new municipality of Siikalatva.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 27 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Taajamat väkiluvun ja väestöntiheyden mukaan 31 December 2015". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Pohjois-Pohjanmaalle tulee uusi Siikalatvan kunta". YLE Uutiset (YLE News) (in Finnish). Yleisradio Oy. 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
External links
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Media related to Kestilä at Wikimedia Commons
Kestilä travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality of Kestilä – official site
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