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Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.
Paimio
Pemar | |
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Town | |
| Paimion kaupunki Pemars stad | |
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Paimio in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°27′N 022°42′E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| 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 | 238.35 km2 (92.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 250th largest in Finland |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 11,041 |
| • Rank | 90th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 46.32/km2 (120.0/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 98.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.7% |
| • Others | 0.9% |
| Population by age | |
| • 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) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 20.75% |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.paimio.fi |
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 11,041 (31 December 2021)[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 46.32 inhabitants per square kilometre (120.0/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
- Jussi Ranta, sports journalist and producer
- Mika Ojala, footballer
- Tero Koskiranta, ice hockey player
- 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
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- "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.
- "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
External links
Media related to Paimio at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Paimio – Official website (in Finnish)
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На других языках
- [en] Paimio
[ru] Паймио
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