Paimio
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Paimio Pemar | |
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Town | |
Paimion kaupunki Pemars stad | |
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![]() Location of Paimio in Finland | |
Coordinates: 60°27′N 022°42′E / 60.450°N 22.700°E / 60.450; 22.700 | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Southwest Finland |
Sub-region | Turku sub-region |
City rights | 1997 |
Government | |
• Town manager | Jari Jussinmäki |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 242.26 km2 (93.54 sq mi) |
• Land | 238.52 km2 (92.09 sq mi) |
• Water | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) |
• Rank | 250th largest in Finland |
Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 11,236 |
• Rank | 87th largest in Finland |
• Density | 47.11/km2 (122.0/sq mi) |
Population by native language [2] | |
• Finnish | 94.5% (official) |
• Swedish | 0.8% |
• Others | 4.7% |
Population by age [3] | |
• 0 to 14 | 19.1% |
• 15 to 64 | 58.6% |
• 65 or older | 22.3% |
Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
Climate | Dfb |
Website | www |
Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 11,236 (31 December 2023)[2] and covers an area of 242.26 square kilometres (93.54 sq mi) of which 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 47.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (122.0/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Paimio centre is called Vista, divided by the church hill to Upper Vista (Ylä-Vista) and Lower Vista (Ala-Vista).
Important buildings
Paimio is best known for Paimio Sanatorium operating as a part of Turku University Hospital. It was built in 1932 and designed by architect Alvar Aalto and originally served as a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Notable persons
- Jarno Koskiranta, ice hockey player
- Tero Koskiranta, ice hockey player
- Mika Ojala, footballer
- Anders Planman, astronomer, professor of physics and mathematician
- V. J. Sukselainen, politician
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Paimio is twinned with:
Audru Parish, Estonia
Ljungby Municipality, Sweden
Zelenogorsk, Russia
Sovetsky, Russia
Tølløse, Denmark
Ås, Norway
Öckerö Municipality, Sweden
Odenthal, Germany
References
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Population growth biggest in nearly 70 years". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 26 April 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
External links
Media related to Paimio at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Paimio – Official website
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- Alastaro
- Angelniemi
- Askainen
- Dragsfjärd
- Halikko
- Hitis
- Houtskär
- Iniö
- Kakskerta
- Kalanti
- Karinainen
- Karjala
- Karuna
- Kimito
- Kiikala
- Kisko
- Korpo
- Kuusisto
- Kuusjoki
- Lemu
- Loimaan kunta
- Lokalahti
- Maaria
- Mellilä
- Merimasku
- Metsämaa
- Mietoinen
- Muurla
- Naantalin maalaiskunta
- Nagu
- Paattinen
- Pargas landskommun
- Perniö
- Pertteli
- Piikkiö
- Pyhämaa
- Rymättylä
- Särkisalo
- Somerniemi
- Suomusjärvi
- Tarvasjoki
- Uskela
- Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta
- Vahto
- Västanfjärd
- Velkua
- Yläne
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