Kristinestad ( Kristiinankaupunki in Finnish) is a city of the west of the Finland, on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. It has like the majority of the cities of the area of Ostrobotnie a clear majority suédophone. The Swedish spoken here differs nevertheless considerably from that spoken in Sweden.

History

One of the many cities founded by Per Brahe, general governor of Finland, it takes in 1649 the name of Koppö (the island on which the city is founded) before being renamed according to the name of the queen of Sweden Christine. Important Swedish colony, it paradoxically knows its golden age after the annexation of Finland by the Russia in 1809. It becomes a large exporting port then. The city falls asleep with the XXe century and sees declining clearly its population. It appendix 3 rural communes of the continent in 1973 what enables him to increase its surface considerably. For a few years it has been timidly redécouverte by the tourists: saved by the fires, it indeed offers the face of one of the most beautiful cities out of wooden of Finland right after Rauma and Porvoo.

Geography

The commune lengthens along the Gulf of Bothnia, not counting less than 370 km of very cut out coast. The area is very plane, except for its southernmost part crossed by the Moraine of Suomenselkä (which reaches the sea with at the village of Sideby, very close to the border of the Satakunta). The sea significantly moves back each century under the effect of the Isostasie. The commune is largely agricultural, with cultures under greenhouse of number nevertheless weaker than with Närpes. It is bordered by the municipalities of Närpes to north, Karijoki and Isojoki in the east (Ostrobotnie of the South), and finally Merikarvia in the south (Satakunta).

External bonds

• Town of Kristinestad

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