Kesälahti (, also ) is a former
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
of
Finland
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. It was consolidated with
Kitee
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on 1 January 2013.
It is located in the
province
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of
Eastern Finland
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History
On September 1, 1997, the Mikkeli Province, the Kuopio Pr ...
and is part of the
North Karelia
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region
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. The municipality has a population of
(31 December 2012)
and covers an area of of
which
is water.
The
population density
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is
.
The municipality was unilingually
Finnish. The municipality was also known as "Kesälax" in
Swedish. The Swedish name is now considered outdated according to the
Institute for the Languages of Finland
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.
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History
Kesälahti was first mentioned in 1589 as a part of the
Uukuniemi parish (originally
pogost
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). The Uukuniemi parish was sometimes called ''Kesälahti'' as the main church was occasionally in the village, but Uukuniemi was a more common name for the parish. Kesälahti became a chapel community in 1700.
In 1721 according to the
Treaty of Nystad
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, which ended the
Great Northern War
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, Uukuniemi was among the territories ceded to Russia (
Old Finland
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), but Kesälahti was not included in the concessions. Kesälahti became an official parish in 1728.
Kesälahti was consolidated with Kitee in 2013.
References
External links
Municipality of Kesälahti– Official website
Municipalities of North Karelia
Populated places established in 1873
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