Jakobstad

Jakobstad is a nice small port town in . The adjacent municipality of Pedersöre is also handled in this article.
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  • Type: Town with 19,100 residents
  • Description: town in the region of Ostrobothnia in Finland
  • Also known as: Jakobstad (Finland)”, “Pietarsaari”, and “Yakobstad
  • Neighbors: and
Photo: Johan Knutson, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jakobstad City Hall and Jakobstad Church.

Town hall
is a historic building in the city of Jakobstad, . It was completed in 1875. The current look of the building dates from 1890.

Church
is a Lutheran church in the city of Jakobstad, . It was constructed in 1731 by Johan Knubb. The church has been built on the same place, where the first church in Jakobstad was located before it was burned down by Russians in 1714.

Church
is a medieval stone church in Jakobstad. It is one of the oldest medieval churches in . The site of the first wooden church was built in the late 1200s.

Jakobstad

Latitude
63.6745° or 63° 40′ 28″ north
Longitude
22.7055° or 22° 42′ 20″ east
Population
19,100
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
United Nations Location Code
FI PRS
Open location code
9GM4MPF4+Q6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30969517
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
656130
Wiki­data ID
Q1679567
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Mari—“Jakobstad” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Jakobstad
  • Albanian: Jakobstad
  • Arabic: جاكوبستاد
  • Armenian: Պիետարսաարի
  • Asturian: conceyu de Pietarsaari
  • Asturian: JAkobstad
  • Asturian: Pietarsaari (conceyu de Finlandia)
  • Basque: Jakobstad
  • Belarusian: Піетарсаары
  • Belarusian: Якабстад
  • Breton: Jakobstad
  • Bulgarian: Якобстад
  • Catalan: Jakobstad
  • Cebuano: Jakobstad
  • Chinese: 皮耶塔尔萨里
  • Chinese: 皮耶塔爾薩里
  • Chinese: 雅各布斯塔德
  • Czech: Jakobstad (Finland)
  • Czech: Jakobstad
  • Czech: Pietarsaari
  • Danish: Jakobstad
  • Danish: Pietarsaari
  • Dutch: Jakobstad
  • Dutch: Pietarsaari
  • Esperanto: Jakobstad
  • Esperanto: Pietarsaari
  • Estonian: Jacobstad
  • Estonian: Jacobstadi linn
  • Estonian: Jakobstad
  • Estonian: Jakobstadi linn
  • Estonian: Pietarsaari linn
  • Estonian: Pietarsaari
  • Finnish: Jakobstad
  • Finnish: Pietarsaaren kaupunki
  • Finnish: Pietarsaari
  • Finnish: Pietasaari
  • French: Jakobstad
  • French: Pietarsaari
  • Galician: Jakobstad
  • Galician: Pietarsaari
  • Georgian: პიეტარსაარი
  • German: Jakobstad (Finland)
  • German: Jakobstad
  • German: Jakobstadt
  • German: Pietarsaari
  • Hebrew: יאקובסטד
  • Inari Sami: Pietarsaari
  • Indonesian: Jakobstad
  • Irish: Jakobstad
  • Italian: Jakobstad
  • Italian: Pietarsaari
  • Japanese: ピエタルサーリ
  • Japanese: ヤコブスタード
  • Korean: 야콥스타드
  • Korean: 피에타르사리
  • Lithuanian: Jakobstadas
  • Lithuanian: Pietarsaris
  • Lombard: Jakobstad
  • Moksha: Пиетарсаари
  • Northern Sami: Pietarsaari
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jakobstad
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Pietarsaari
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jakobstad
  • Norwegian: Jakobstad
  • Ossetian: Пиетарсаари
  • Persian: یاکوبستاد
  • Polish: Jakobstad
  • Polish: Pietarsaari
  • Portuguese: Jakobstad
  • Romanian: Jakobstad
  • Russian: Пиетарсаари
  • Russian: Якобстад
  • Scots: Jakobstad
  • Serbian: Јакобстад
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jakobstad
  • Skolt Sami: Pietarsaari
  • Slovenian: Jakobstad
  • Spanish: Jakobstad
  • Spanish: Pietarsaari
  • Swedish: Jacobstad
  • Swedish: Jakobstad
  • Swedish: Jakobstads stad
  • Swedish: Jeppis
  • Swedish: Pietarsaari
  • Swedish: Staden Jakobstad
  • Turkish: Jakobstad
  • Ukrainian: Якобстад
  • Urdu: جکوبستاد
  • Veps: Pietarsaari
  • Volapük: Pietarsaari
  • Waray (Philippines): Jakobstad
  • Welsh: Jakobstad
  • Western Mari: Пиетарсаари
  • Jakobstad

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