Kärsämäki


Kärsämäki is a municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is. Neighbour municipalities are Haapajärvi, Haapavesi, Pyhäjärvi, Pyhäntä and Siikalatva.
The name Kärsämäki means literally "snout hill".
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Nature

Most common soil type is till.
Over 60% of area is swamp. Bigges swamps are Kärsämäenneva, Lauttaneva, Onkineva and Vellihonganneva.
Pyhäjoki river flows through municipality.

Villages