- Kestilä
Kestilä is a municipality of
Finland . It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of theNorthern Ostrobothnia region.Established in 1867, the population was 1,587 as of 2008-
06-30 . The municipality covers an area of convert|606.53|km2|sqmi|abbr=on of which convert|5.09|km2|sqmi|abbr=on is water. The population density is 2.64 inhabitants per km².The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
The municipality will be consolidated with
Piippola ,Pulkkila andRantsila on2009 -01-01 to form a new municipality ofSiikalatva .cite web |url= http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/oikea/id83632.html |title= Pohjois-Pohjanmaalle tulee uusi Siikalatvan kunta |accessdate= 2008-08-03 |accessmonthday= |accessdaymonth= |accessyear= |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= 2008-02-25 |year= |month= |format= |work= YLE Uutiset (YLE News) |publisher= Yleisradio Oy |pages= |language= Finnish |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]References
External links
* [http://www.kestila.fi/ Municipality of Kestilä] – official site
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