Kerimäki

Kerimäki
Former municipality
Kerimäen kunta
Kerimäki Church
Coat of arms
Location of Kerimäki in Finland
Coordinates: 61°55′N 029°17′E / 61.917°N 29.283°ECoordinates: 61°55′N 029°17′E / 61.917°N 29.283°E
Country	Finland
Region	Southern Savonia
Sub-region	Savonlinna sub-region
Charter	1642
Consolidated	2013
Area[1]
• Total	876.46 km^2 (338.40 sq mi)
• Land	557.65 km^2 (215.31 sq mi)
• Water	318.81 km^2 (123.09 sq mi)
Population (2012)[2]
• Total	5,526
• Density	9.91/km^2 (25.7/sq mi)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
• Summer (DST)	EEST (UTC+3)
Website	www.kerimaki.fi

Kerimäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The Kerimäki Church, built between 1844 and 1847, is the largest wooden church in the world (45 metres (148 ft) long, 42 m (138 ft) wide and 37 m (121 ft) 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 so pure, that you can freely drink straight from the lake.

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. Retrieved 11 February 2014.

External links

Media related to Kerimäki at Wikimedia Commons

• Kerimäki – Official website (Finnish)