Ekenäs, Finland
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Ekenäs (Swadish pronunciation: [ˈeːkəneːs]; Finnish: Tammisaari, [ˈtɑmːisɑːri]) wis a toun in Finland comprisin the umwhile municipalities Snappertuna an Tenala thegither wi the toun o Ekenäs. It wis mergit wi Pohja an Karis tae form the new municipality o Raseborg on 1 Januar 2009.
Ekenäs Ekenäs – Tammisaari | |
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Municipality | |
Ekenäs Town Ekenäs Stad Tammisaaren Kaupunki | |
An alley in Ekenäs | |
Location o Ekenäs in Finland | |
Coordinates: 59°58.5′N 023°26′E | |
Kintra | Finland |
Region | Uusimaa |
Sub-region | Ekenäs sub-region |
Foondit | 1546 |
Consolidatit | 2009 |
• Density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Ekenäs wis locatit in the province o Soothren Finland an wis pairt o the Uusimaa region. The toun haed a population o 14,754 (as o 31 December 2008)[1] an covered a land aurie o 726.73 square kilometre (280.59 sq mi).[2] The population density wis 20.30 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.6/sq mi).
The toun wis bilingual, wi the majority bein Swadish speakers (81%), an the minority Finnish speakers (17%).
It is notit for its airchipelago, pairt o which is the Ekenäs Airchipelago Naitional Pairk.