Kristinestad

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Kristinestad

Total population

6,121

Founded

1649

Land area683.25 km²

Coordinates62.27°, 21.38°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Kristinestad is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Kristinestad is situated in Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Kristinestad is approximately 6,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 17,000. It is the 153rd most populous municipality in Finland.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

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Viktor Hintz

Finnish politician (1888-1972)

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Sigurd Lillandt

Sonja Lumme

Finnish singer

Carl Gustaf Estlander

Finland‑Swedish professor of aesthetics and modern literature, cultural politician and publicist (1834-1910)

Jakob August Estlander

Jimmy Westerlund

Finnish producer

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Jorma Sandelin

Finnish archer

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Gideon Fontell

Finnish historian

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Julius Hartman

Finnish historian

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Frans Wilhelm Lüchow

Finnish architect

Oskari Frösén

Finnish athletics competitor (born 1976)

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Anna Strömberg

beauty queen, Miss Finland 2003

Adolf Wilhelm Roos

Swedish politician

Grels Teir

Finnish politician

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Ilkka Toivo Kalervo Kukkonen

Finnish botanist, mycologist and pteridologist (1926-2020)

Ville Friman

Finnish musician and professor in microbiology

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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