Pargas (former municipality)
Pargas
Pargas – Parainen | |
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Former town | |
| Pargas stad Paraisten kaupunki | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pargas in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°18′N 022°18′E / 60.300°N 22.300°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Åboland |
| Charter | 1948 |
| Town privileges | 1977 |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Government | |
| • City manager | Folke Öhman |
| Area | |
| • Total | 476.73 km2 (184.07 sq mi) |
| • Land | 273.18 km2 (105.48 sq mi) |
| • Water | 203.55 km2 (78.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 12,266 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (67/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 45% (official) |
| • Swedish | 54% (official) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Pargas (Finland Swedish: [ˈpɑrːɡɑs]; Finnish: Parainen, pronounced [ˈpɑrɑi̯nen]) is a former town and municipality in south-western Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Nagu to form the new municipality of Väståboland (since renamed to Pargas).
It is known as the "capital" of the archipelago of Turku and had been called a town since 1977. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The town had a population of 12,266 (as of 31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 273.18 square kilometres (105.48 sq mi).[1] The population density was 44.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (116/sq mi).
The municipality was bilingual, with the majority (54%) being Swedish and the minority (45%) Finnish speakers.
The city has many little suburbs around it, including Kirjala and Lielax.
International relations[edit]
Twin towns — Sister cities[edit]
The sister cities of Pargas are
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
External links[edit]
Media related to Pargas at Wikimedia Commons
Pargas travel guide from Wikivoyage- Official website – in Swedish and Finnish
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