Paattinen () is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred ...

in south-west

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

and a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municipa ...

of the city of

Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...

. It is located to the north of the city, and is the largest of the city's districts by area. It borders the neighbouring

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

of Vahto,

Nousiainen Nousiainen (; sv, Nousis) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region, from Turku along Highway 8 ( E8). The Finnish-speaking municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The p ...

Mynämäki Mynämäki (; sv, Virmo) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. Neighbouring municipalities are Aura, Eura, Laitila, Masku, Nousiainen, Pöytyä, Rusko, Taivassalo, Turku and Vehmaa. The municipality has a p ...

Pöytyä Pöytyä (; sv, Pöytyä, also ) is a municipality of Finland located in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingua ...

, Aura and

Lieto Lieto (; sv, Lundo) is a a city and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The p ...

. It is rather sparsely populated, and has a population of only 2,430 () despite being much larger than any other of the city's districts. Paattinen has an annual population growth rate of 0.99%. 20.21% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 15.31% are over 65. The district's

linguistic Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure. Linguis ...

makeup is 98.40% Finnish, 1.03% Swedish, and 0.58% other, making Paattinen one of the most homogeneous districts in Turku. Paattinen is also a former municipality of Finland. It is the most recent municipality to be annexed to Turku, in 1973.

History

The name of Paattinen is derived from a local dialectal word ''paatti'' meaning "boat", most likely via a river name ''*Paattijoki'', now called Paattistenjoki or Vähäjoki. It was first mentioned in 1359 when it was a part of the

Maaria Maaria (''S:t Marie'' in Swedish) is a former municipality of Finland in what is now the northern part of the city of Turku. The area has been inhabited since the Iron Age, and it became an important village in the 15th century with the construct ...

parish. Paattinen acquired its first church in the 1580s, but it got chapel rights later in 1689 under the name ''Paattiskorpi''. Paattinen was transferred to Vahto in 1893. Paattinen became a separate municipality in 1937, even though the separation was ordered already in 1901. In 1973, Paattinen was consolidated with Turku.

References

Districts of Turku Former municipalities of Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub

History

See also

References