Korsnäs

Korsnäs is a municipality with 2233 inhabitants ( 31 December 2012) in the western Finnish landscape Ostrobothnia. It is next to Närpes and Larsmo one of three municipalities on the Finnish mainland, where only Swedish is the official language. 88.4 percent of the population are Finland Sweden (2012 ). The Finnish name of Korsnäs, Korsnääsi and Ristitaipale is purely historical and is not officially used.

Korsnäs is the westernmost municipality in the Finnish mainland. It is located about 50 kilometers southwest of the city of Vaasa on the coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. Including the islands and skerries it covers an area of ​​234 square kilometers and has a total coastline of about 320 kilometers. In addition to the Kirchdorf Korsnäs it includes the villages Korsbäck, Molpe, Taklax, and Harrström. The largest islands are Bredskäret, Halsön and Södra Björkön.

Korsnäs, Molpe and Harrström were first mentioned in the 15th century. Until the 1887 municipal autonomy Korsnäs belonged to the municipality Närpes. In the legislative period 2005-2008, the Swedish People's Party all the 22 seats in the municipal council.

The parish church was built Korsnäs 1831 by Carl Ludwig Engel in the neoclassical style.

Significant was the ore mine was mined in the argentiferous galena and 1970 as main mineral. Attractive crystallized mineral specimens of Apophyllite, Calcite Harmotome and made ​​the mine famous. In addition to the minerals mentioned about 20 other mineral species occurred.