Place:Kerimäki, Mikkeli, Finland

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NameKerimäki
Alt namesKerimäkisource: Family History Library Catalog
Kerimaki
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates61.917°N 29.283°E
Located inMikkeli, Finland
Also located inEtelä-Savo, Itä-Suomi, Finland    
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Kerimäki is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with the town of Savonlinna on January 1, 2013.

It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Southern Savonia region. The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

The Kerimäki Church, built between 1844 and 1847, is the largest wooden church in the world ( long, wide and high). There are over 3,000 seats inside the structure, which can hold 5,000 people at a time.

Lake Puruvesi, which lies less than a kilometre away from the church, is one of the clearest lakes in the world. The water is pure enough to be potable.

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