- Korsnäs
:"This article is on the municipality of Finland. For other uses, see
Korsnäs (disambiguation) ."Korsnäs is located in the province of
Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 2,219 (2003 ) and covers an area of 234.34 km² of which 4.14 km² is water. Thepopulation density is 9.5 inhabitants per km².The municipality is unilingually Swedish. About 96% of the population has Swedish 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. [ Johan Ulfvens: "Korsnäsbor och korsnäsbyar". In: Korsnäs historia. Korsnäs 1981, pp. 9-25, p. 16. ] 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 fromHäme ) only used the area for fishing on a seasonly basis [ Olov Ahlbäck: "Österbottnisk medeltid". In: Svenska Österbottens historia I. Vasa 1977, pp. 45-56. ] or if they established a proper, but sparse, settlement. [ Lars Huldén: "Vad berättar ortnamnen om den svenska bosättningens uppkomst i Finland?" In: Ann-Marie Ivars and Lena Huldén [eds.] : När kom svenskarna till Finland?. Helsingfors 2002, pp. 63-80, p. 69 ] 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. [ [http://192.49.229.35/K2004/s/tulos/kutulos_korsnas.html Oikeusministeriö - Kunnallisvaalit 2004: Korsnäs] Retrieved 2-8-2007.]
Name
Korsnäs is the municipality's official name in both Swedish and Finnish. The Finnish names "Korsnääsi" or "Ristitaipale" [See [http://www.genealogia.fi/seurakunnat/srk?CMD=SRK&ID=228&TYPE=HTML&LANG=FI] .] 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"Korsnäs" was first mentioned in historical documents is 1442, and some individual villages, like "Molpe" (then called "Moikipä") was first mentioned in 1490, and "Harrström" (then called "Harffuaström") in 1494.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 . [ [http://www.matkailupohjanmaa.fi/Default.aspx?id=301025 Website "Turism Österbotten" angående Korsnäs historia] ]References
External links
* [http://www.korsnas.fi/ Official website of Korsnäs municipality]
* [http://runeberg.org/pieni/2/0396.html Finnish encyclopedia from 1925-1928 with "Korsnääsi" as entry]
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