Kortesjärvi

Former municipality in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland

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Location of Kortesjärvi in Finland

Coordinates: 63°18′N 023°09.5′E / 63.300°N 23.1583°E / 63.300; 23.1583CountryFinlandRegionSouthern OstrobothniaSub-regionJärviseutu sub-regionFounded1865Consolidated2009Area

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• Total333.51 km² (128.77 sq mi) • Land323.7 km² (125.0 sq mi) • Water9.81 km² (3.79 sq mi)Population

(2008-12-31)^[2]

• Total2,275 • Density6.8/km² (18/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Kortesjärvi is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated, together with Alahärmä and Ylihärmä, to Kauhava on 1 January 2009.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,275 (as of 31 December 2008)^[2] and covered a land area of 323.70 square kilometres (124.98 sq mi).^[1] The population density was 9.81 inhabitants per square kilometre (25.4/sq mi).

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

References

^ ^a ^b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 20 January 2011.