Vihanti

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Vihanti [ ʋiɦɑnti ] is a place in Western Finland. It is located about 70 kilometers south of the city of Oulu in the coastal hinterland of the Northern Ostrobothnia landscape.

The site covers an area of ​​491.91 km2, of which 4.95 km2 inland water surface. The formerly independent municipality, the municipality had number 926 at the time of dissolution of the municipality on 31 December 2012, it had 3,022 inhabitants, the population density was 6.2 inhabitants. / Km ².

The former municipality, which was incorporated in 2013 by Raahe, included not only the Kirchdorf Vihanti the places Alpua, Ilveskorpi, Lampinsaari and Myllyperä - Perukka. In Lampinsaari was sponsored from 1954 to 1992 copper, zinc and lead; since the closure of the last run by the mining company Outokumpu mine the place has lost many inhabitants by emigration.

Local attractions include the built in 1784 by Simon Silven - Jylkä wooden church with free-standing bell tower, also a wooden Russian Orthodox chapel, a " Kirchstein " (Finnish: kirkkokivi ) called boulder that resembles a giant throne, as well as a local history museum and a home center with an architecturally famous library.

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