Paimio

Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.

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Quick Facts Pemar, Country ...

Paimio Pemar
Town
Paimion kaupunki Pemars stad

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	238.52 km² (92.09 sq mi)
• Water	3.89 km² (1.50 sq mi)
• Rank	250th largest in Finland
Population (2024-10-31)^[2]
• Total	11,252
• Rank	87th largest in Finland
• Density	47.17/km² (122.2/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.fi/en/

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 11,252 (31 October 2024)^[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 47.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (122.2/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).

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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.

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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

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

[1]
"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
[2]
"Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
[3]
"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.

Media related to Paimio at Wikimedia Commons

Town of Paimio – Official website

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Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.

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Quick Facts Pemar, Country ...

Paimio Pemar
Town
Paimion kaupunki Pemars stad

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	238.52 km² (92.09 sq mi)
• Water	3.89 km² (1.50 sq mi)
• Rank	250th largest in Finland
Population (2024-10-31)^[2]
• Total	11,252
• Rank	87th largest in Finland
• Density	47.17/km² (122.2/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.fi/en/

Paimio centre is called Vista, divided by the church hill to Upper Vista (Ylä-Vista) and Lower Vista (Ala-Vista).

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This section does not cite any sources. (May 2024)

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

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

[1]
"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
[2]
"Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
[3]
"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.

Media related to Paimio at Wikimedia Commons

Town of Paimio – Official website

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