At the end of 2018, Kärsämäki had 2,611 inhabitants, of which 1,188 lived in urban area, 1,407 in sparsely populated areas and the residences of 16 were unknown. The degree of agglomeration in Kärsämäki is 45.8%. There is only one urban in the municipality, the church village of Kärsämäki. Culture Food In the 1980s, Kärsämäki's traditional parish dishes were elsuupa cooked from rice, raisins and bread cheese, a potato-pork casserole called läksloota and the rieska bread. Notable people Berndt Leonard Frosterus Aappo Luomajoki Markku Koski Kalevi Hemilä Paula Vesala Matti Ristinen Sasu Paavola See also Finnish national road 58 References External links Municipalities of North Ostrobothnia Populated places established in 1869 1869 establishments in the Russian Empire