Kaarina

Kaarina (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈkɑːrinɑ]; Swedish: S:t Karins, i.e. Saint Catherine's) is a small town and municipality of Finland.

This article is about the town in Finland. For other uses, see Kaarina (disambiguation).

Kaarina

S:t Karins
Town
Kaarinan kaupunki
S:t Karins stad
Coat of arms
Location of Kaarina in Finland
Coordinates: 60°24′N 022°22′E
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionTurku sub-region
Charter1869
Government
 • Town managerHarri Virta
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total179.58 km2 (69.34 sq mi)
 • Land150.34 km2 (58.05 sq mi)
 • Water29.15 km2 (11.25 sq mi)
Area rank276th largest in Finland
Population
 (2020-07-31)[2]
 • Total34,333
 • Rank33rd largest in Finland
 • Density228.37/km2 (591.5/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish93.9% (official)
 • Swedish3.6%
 • Others2.4%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1420%
 • 15 to 6465.6%
 • 65 or older14.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Municipal tax rate[5]18.5%
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.kaarina.fi
Number of Swedish speakers in Kaarina, according to Statistics Finland[6]

It is located in the Southwest Finland region and is a neighbouring town of Turku, which is the capital of Southwest Finland, therefore Kaarina is a part of the Greater Turku region. The municipality has a population of 34,333 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 179.58 square kilometres (69.34 sq mi) of which 29.15 km2 (11.25 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 228.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (591.5/sq mi).

The municipality is unilingually Finnish, with a Swedish minority and e.g. a Swedish comprehensive school. Bilinguality was proposed but rejected in 2015.

The famous fetish artist Tom of Finland was born in Kaarina. Kaarina has a well known football team Kaarinan Pojat.

The municipality of Kuusisto was consolidated with Kaarina in 1946. The municipality of Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on January 1, 2009. At the same time, Kaarina adopted the coat of arms of Piikkiö.

Politics

Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kaarina:

Images
  • Residential blocks in Kaarina
  • Lake Littoistenjärvi
  • Dance pavilion in Littoinen
  • Ravattula

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Finland

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kaarina is twinned with:[7]

See also

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
  4. "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
  5. "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  7. "Kaarinalla on viisi ystävyyskaupunkia" (in Finnish). City of Kaarina. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

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