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Kaarina
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Kaarina (; , i.e. "Saint Catherine's") is a town in Finland, located in the region of Southwest Finland. It lies south of the regional capital, Turku. The population of Kaarina is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the second largest municipality in the Southwest Finland region after Turku.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kaarina
- Settlement.other_name
- S:t Karins
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Centre_of_Kaarina,_Finland.jpg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Piikkiö.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.shield_size
- 120x80px
- Settlement.image_map
- File:Kaarina sijainti Suomi.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Kaarina in Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Southwest Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Turku sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Metropolitan area
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Turku metropolitan area
- Settlement.leader_title
- Town manager
- Settlement.leader_name
- Harri Virta
- Settlement.established_title
- Charter
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- S:t Karins stad
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Turku and Pori Province
- Official language
- Finnish
- Population
- 36675
- Area
- 29.02
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Shares border with
- Sauvo
- Legal form
- municipality of Finland
- Follows
- Piikkiö
- Official website
- kaarina.fi/en
- Image
- Centre of Kaarina, Finland.jpg
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- native label
- S:t Karins
- Commons category
- Kaarina
- topic's main category
- Category:Kaarina
- twinned administrative body
- Ansião
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Kaarina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Kaarina
- inception
- 1869-01-01
- associated electoral district
- Varsinais-Suomi
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Turku sub-region
- citizens' initiative URL
- www.kuntalaisaloite.fi/sv/sok?municipalities=202
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
- Politics
- Gallery
- International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Kaarina (; , i.e. "Saint Catherine's") is a town in Finland, located in the region of Southwest Finland. It lies south of the regional capital, Turku. The population of Kaarina is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the second largest municipality in the Southwest Finland region after Turku.
Kaarina has an area of of which is water. The population density is .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaarina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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