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Karis
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Karis (; ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg ().
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Place details
- Locality
- Raseborg
- Region
- Uusimaa
- Country
- Suomi / Finland
- Population
- 8,853
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Karis
- Settlement.native_name
- –
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Former town
- Settlement.image_shield
- Karjaa.vaakuna.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Karjaa.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Karis järnvägsstation.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Karis train station
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Karis in Finland
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 150px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Finland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Uusimaa
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Sub-region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ekenäs sub-region
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.established_date
- 1930
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Karjaa
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Uusimaa Province
- Population
- 9155
- Area
- 214.76
- Followed by
- Raseborg
- Follows
- Karis landskommun
- Official website
- www.karjaa.fi
- Image
- Karis kyrka.JPG
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- Commons category
- Karis
- twinned administrative body
- Eksjö Municipality
- inception
- 1930-00-00
- native label
- Karjaa
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Karis (; ) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg ().
It is located in the Finnish province of Southern Finland and is part of Uusimaa, one of the regions of Finland. The town had a population of 9,155 (as of 31 December 2008) and covered a land area of . The population density was .
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