Kärsämäki is a district

District

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 in the Tampereentie

Tampereentie (ward)

Tampereentie is a ward of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 6. The ward is located to the north of the city centre and named after the major route that passes through the ward in the direction of Tampere.The ward has a population of 14,010 and an annual population decrease of 0.75%...

 ward of the city of Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

, in Finland

Finland

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. It is located to the north of the city, and consists mostly of industrial area. It also includes, however, the mainly low-density residential area of Paltta.

The current population of Kärsämäki is 2,021, and it is decreasing at an annual rate of 0.69%. 14.35% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 18.46% are over 65. The district is much more linguistically and culturally uniform than the rest of Turku, with a linguistic

Language

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 makeup of 97.33% Finnish

Finnish language

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, 1.83% Swedish

Finland-Swedish

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, and 0.84% other.

See also

• Districts of Turku
  Districts of Turku
  The city of Turku, Finland is divided into nine wards , which in turn are divided into 78 non-governmental districts . These are composed of individual suburbs, and in the very centre of the city, sectors of the central business district are identified by Roman numerals...
  
  
• Districts of Turku by population
  Districts of Turku by population
  This is a list of the districts of Turku, Finland, sorted by population .# Runosmäki , 10,269# Varissuo , 8,760# VII, 8,749# Nummi , 7,011# VI, 6,187# I, 6,177# VIII - Port Arthur, 4,760...