Keminmaa

Keminmaa [ kɛminmɑ ː ] is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland. It includes the area around the city of Kemi. The municipality includes the towns of Alapaakkola, Maula, Itäkoski, Hirmula, Ilmola, Laurila, Koroiskylä, Lautiosaari and Liedakkala.

Today's Keminmaa is the historic core of the city of Kemi and was up in the early modern period the most important settlement of Lapland. Built in 1551-53 Old Church is dedicated to the Archangel Michael. In addition to the no longer extant in its original form Church of Alatornio it is the oldest church in Lapland and the northernmost medieval stone churches of Finland. In it, the mummified corpse of 1629 faded priest Nicholas Rungius be visited. The neoclassical " New Church " was founded by Tsar Alexander I; the construction of the architect Carl Ludwig Engel was completed in 1827.

Because of the ongoing postglacial Kontinentalhubs the location on the mouth of the river Kemi Kemi harbor in the 19th century was barely navigable. 1869, the town was a few miles downriver moved to the open sea; most of the residents moved to the newly founded city of Kemi, the remaining joined in the rural community Kemi ( Kemin Maalaiskunta ) together; In 1979 its name was officially changed to Keminmaa.

Coat of arms

Description: In red, a curved silver fish with the same colored padlock in its mouth.

Policy

As generally in the rural areas of northern Finland, the Centre Party is also in Keminmaa the strongest political force. In the local elections 2008 she missed the absolute majority scarce and represents the local council, the highest decision-making authority in local affairs, 17 of 35 deputies. The second strongest force is the Left Alliance, which is as generally disproportionately represented in Lapland. It could unite 22.4% of the vote and has eight seats are held by the local council. The Social Democrats and the National Coalition Party play, although the country belonging to the three major parties in Keminmaa with single-digit election results and two deputies in the municipal council hardly matters. With 6 seats went to local voters list Keminmaalaisten Parhaaksi ( " For the benefit of people from Keminmaa " ) into the council.