Paimio
Town in Southwest Finland, Finland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.
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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 | 238.52 km2 (92.09 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 250th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 11,227 |
| • Rank | 87th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 47.07/km2 (121.9/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 94.5% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.8% |
| • Others | 4.7% |
| 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) |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www |
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 11,227 (31 December 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 47.07 inhabitants per square kilometre (121.9/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
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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
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
External links
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