Kerimäki is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...
of
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bot ...
. It was consolidated with the town of
Savonlinna
Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mi ...
on January 1, 2013.
It is located in the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...
of
Eastern Finland
Eastern Finland ( fi, Itä-Suomen lääni, sv, Östra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered Russia to the east.
History
On Septemb ...
and is part of the
Southern Savonia
South Savo (or Southern Savonia; fi, Etelä-Savo; sv, Södra Savolax) is a region in the south-east of Finland. It borders the regions of North Savo, North Karelia, South Karelia, Kymenlaakso, Päijät-Häme, and Central Finland. The total are ...
region
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. The municipality was unilingually
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
.
The
Kerimäki Church
The Kerimäki Church ( fi, Kerimäen kirkko, sv, Kerimäki kyrka) in Kerimäki, Finland, is the largest wooden church in the world. However, St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown located in Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperativ ...
, built between 1844 and 1847, is the largest wooden church in the world ( long, wide and high). There are over 3,000 seats inside the structure, which can hold 5,000 people at a time.
Lake Puruvesi, which lies less than a kilometre away from the church, is one of the clearest lakes in the world. The water is pure enough to be potable.
References
External links
Kerimäki– Official website
Savonlinna
Former municipalities of Finland
Populated places disestablished in 2013
Populated places established in 1642
1642 establishments in Sweden
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