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Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality Korsnäs is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region.

Location

Korsnäs covers an area of of which is water. Korsnäs is the most western mainland municipality in Finland. It has a long, rocky coastline along the Gulf of Bothnia. The three largest islands are Halsön, Bredskäret and Södra Björkön, all used as important recreation areas for urban dwellers.

Population

The municipality has a population of Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.). The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Swedish. 0% of the population speaks Swedish, 0% Finnish and 0% other languages as their first language.

History

Due to the post-glacial rebound, most of the area that today forms the municipality of Korsnäs stood under water until around 1000 A.D. The first settlement in Korsnäs is assumed to stem from the 13th century. Some place names of Finnish origin (such as Molpe (Moikipää) and Taklax (Takalaksi)) indicate a Finnish-speaking presence in the 13th century, although it is disputed if these people (probably from Häme) only used the area for fishing on a seasonly basis or if they established a proper, but sparse, settlement. Swedish-speaking settlers came to the area in the 13th or 14th century.

Politics

In the 2004 Municipal elections Swedish People's Party got 100% of the votes, even more than some ruling parties in a single party system.

Name

Korsnäs is the municipality's official name in both Swedish and Finnish. The Finnish names Korsnääsi or Ristitaipale are known to have been used historically in some contexts.

Korsnäs was first mentioned in historical documents is 1442, and some individual villages, like Molpe (then called Moikipä) was first mentioned in 1490, and Harrström (then called Harffuaström) in 1494. Korsnäs became an independent municipality in 1887. Prior to that, the area belonged to Närpes.

References

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2. "Korsnäs". archipelago.nu. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
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5. Johan Ulfvens: "Korsnäsbor och korsnäsbyar". In: Korsnäs historia. Korsnäs 1981, pp. 9–25, p. 16.
6. Olov Ahlbäck: "Österbottnisk medeltid". In: Svenska Österbottens historia I. Vasa 1977, pp. 45-56.
7. Lars Huldén: "Vad berättar ortnamnen om den svenska bosättningens uppkomst i Finland?" In: Ann-Marie Ivars and Lena Huldén : När kom svenskarna till Finland?. Helsingfors 2002, pp. 63–80, p. 69
8. Oikeusministeriö – Kunnallisvaalit 2004: Korsnäs Retrieved 2 August 2007.
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10. Website "Turism Österbotten" angående Korsnäs historia

External links

Media related to Korsnäs at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Korsnäs – Official website
• Finnish encyclopedia from 1925–1928 with "Korsnääsi" as entry

v t e Municipalities of Ostrobothnia
Municipalities	Jakobstad Kaskinen Korsholm Korsnäs Kristinestad Kronoby Laihia Larsmo Malax Nykarleby Närpes Pedersöre Vaasa Vörå
Former municipalities	Bergö Björköby Esse Jeppo Kvevlax Lappfjärd Maxmo Munsala Nedervetil Nykarleby landskommun Oravais Övermark Petalax Pörtom Purmo Replot Sideby Solf Terjärv Tjöck Vähäkyrö Vörå Vörå-Maxmo
Ostrobothnia Finland

• Municipalities of Ostrobothnia Region
• Populated coastal places in Finland
• Populated places established in 1887