Karstula is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Finlandregion. The municipality has a population of 4,904 (2003) and covers an area of 963.45 km² of which 73.69 km² is water. The population density is 5.1 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Central Finland is a region (maakunta / landskap) in the province of Western Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
It was founded in 1867. 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Karstula is located in the beautiful province of Central Finland, known as 'the source of creative madness'.
The business structure of Karstula is as follows: about 25% of the working population are employed in industry, 50% in service trades, and 25% in agriculture and forestry.
So-called "creative madness" is second nature to all inhabitants of Karstula, and a positive outlook is one of the trademarks of the municipality.