Raseborg ( fi, Raasepori) is a
town (administrative area) and
municipality
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of
Finland
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. It was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of
Ekenäs,
Karis
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) 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; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Southern ...
and
Pohja
Pohja (; sv, Pojo) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Ekenäs and Karis to form the new town of Raseborg in 2009.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality ...
were consolidated into a single town. Of these, Ekenäs now serves as the
administrative center
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of Raseborg.
The town has a population of ()
and covers an area of of which is water.
The
population density
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is .
The name of the new town is based on the
Castle of Raseborg
The Raseborg Castle ( sv, Raseborgs slott, fi, Raaseporin linna), is a medieval castle in Raseborg, Finland. The castle was active from 1370s to 1553. Today the ruins are open to the public in the summer and the castle is host to the yearly R ...
located in Ekenäs, or formerly in the municipality of ''Snappertuna''. Historically the name of the county was also Raseborg in the 14th century.
The town is
bilingual
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, the majority of the town being
Swedish
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-speakers, taking up two-thirds of the population (66.2%) and
Finnish
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-speakers being the minority, which approximately takes up the remaining one-third of the population (31%).
In February 2011, Raseborg Municipality entered into a "Friendship Co-operation Agreement" with
Makana Municipality in
South Africa
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. The project, which is to last three years, seeks to facilitate information sharing in the fields of economic development, arts and culture, women's development, youth development, and education.
History
![Raasepori-Hanko kuntaliitokset](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Raasepori-Hanko_kuntaliitokset.svg)
Raseborg as a municipal name is a new coinage, but the castle of Raseborg was first mentioned in 1378 as ''Rasaborge''. It acted as the center of the Raseborg ''slottslän'' (Finnish: ''linnalääni'') covering western
Uusimaa
Uusimaa (; sv, Nyland, ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, He ...
and some parts of
Finland Proper
Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper ( fi, Varsinais-Suomi ; sv, Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regi ...
such as
Kisko
Kisko () is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Salo on 1 January 2009.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,869 (2004-12-3 ...
.
The area of the modern municipality had eight municipalities at its peak:
Ekenäs,
Ekenäs landskommun Ekenäs, composed of the Swedish words ''ek-'' (''oak'') and ''näs'' (''promontory'' or ''peninsula''), is a place name in Fennoscandia. In particular it refers to:
* Ekenäs, Finland, a town in the municipality of Raseborg
Raseborg ( fi, Raase ...
,
Snappertuna
Raseborg ( fi, Raasepori) is a town (administrative area) and municipality of Finland. It was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Karis and Pohja were consolidated into a single town. Of these, Ekenäs now serves as t ...
,
Karis
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) 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; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Southern ...
,
Karis landskommun
Karis (; fi, Karjaa ) 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; fi, Raasepori.
It is located in the Finnish province of Southern ...
,
Pohja
Pohja (; sv, Pojo) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Ekenäs and Karis to form the new town of Raseborg in 2009.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality ...
,
Tenala
Tenala ( fi, Tenhola) is a former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland. It was neighboured by Hanko, Kisko, Perniö, Pohja, Särkisalo and Ekenäs.
The municipality was established in 1329. The stone church of Tenala was built in late 15th cent ...
and
Bromarv. The first merger in the area happened in 1969, when Karis landskommun was merged into Karis. By 2008, only Ekenäs, Pohja and Karis were independent municipalities, forming the modern Raseborg municipality in 2009.
Politics
After the 2021 municipal election the municipal council of Raseborg became the following:
References
External links
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City of Raseborg– Official website
Makana-Raseborg- blog documenting the progress of the friendship co-operation agreement
Cities and towns in Finland
Populated coastal places in Finland
Populated places established in 2009
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