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 ( long, wide and 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 pure enough to be potable.
References
External links
Kerimäki– Official website
Savonlinna
Former municipalities of Finland
Populated places disestablished in 2013
Populated places established in 1642
1642 establishments in Sweden
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