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Rusko
Rusko () is a municipality of Finland. It is located in 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 population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. The municipality of Vahto was consolidated with Rusko on 1 January 2009. References External links *Municipality of Rusko– Official website Turku metropolitan area Municipalities of Southwest Finland {{WesternFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turku Metropolitan Area
Turku metropolitan area or Turku region (, ) is the metropolitan area around the city of Turku in Finland. The joint municipal authority of the Turku city region (, ) consists of six municipalities: Turku, Kaarina, Lieto, Naantali, Raisio and Rusko. The Turku metropolitan area forms a compact, urban-like regional growth centre where people Commuting, commute from a relatively large area of the Southwest Finland region. The Turku metropolitan area has a population of about , making it the third largest region in Finland after Greater Helsinki, Helsinki and Tampere metropolitan area, Tampere. The terms Turku metropolitan area, Turku region, Turku city region, Greater Turku and the other terms used are not fixed and may vary in different contexts. Turku metropolitan area differs from the Turku sub-region (), which also includes the municipalities of Masku, Mynämäki, Nousiainen, Paimio and Sauvo. The Turku sub-region is used for Statistics, statistical purposes. It is based on coop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwest Finland
Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Turku, which was the capital city of Finland before Helsinki. The region largely corresponds to the historical province of Finland Proper (historical province), Finland Proper. Until 2019, its official English name was Finland Proper, a designation still used in Finnish () and Swedish (). Origin of the name ''Finland Proper'' The name ''Finland Proper'' has historical roots. In Early Middle Ages, in the area of the present-day Southern Finland was inhabited by three main tribes: the Finns proper, Finns, the Tavastians and the Karelians (Finns), Karelians. The southwestern part of the country, where the Finns lived, was originally called simply ''Finland'' (''Suomi'' in Finnish). By the 17th century, the name ''Finland'' began to be us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turku Sub-region
Turku sub-region is a subdivision of Southwest Finland in Finland. It is the third most populous sub-region in Finland with about inhabitants after Helsinki and Tampere. The sub-regions are used for statistical purposes. Statistics Finland uses the term Turku sub-region as ''SK023 Turku''. The Turku sub-region differs from the Turku metropolitan area (Greater Turku), which does not include the municipalities of Masku, Mynämäki, Nousiainen, Paimio and Sauvo. The metropolitan area has a population of about . Municipalities See also * Helsinki sub-region * Tampere sub-region Tampere sub-region is a subdivision of Pirkanmaa in Finland. It is the second most populous sub-region in Finland with about inhabitants after the Helsinki sub-region. The sub-regions are used for statistical purposes. Statistics Finland uses t ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Turku Sub-Region Sub-regions of Finland Geography of Southwest Finland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turku
Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while the Turku metropolitan area, metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the third most populous List of urban areas in Finland by population, urban area in the country after Helsinki metropolitan area, Helsinki and Tampere metropolitan area, Tampere. Turku is Finland's oldest city. It is not known when Turku was granted city status. Pope Pope Gregory IX, Gregory IX first mentioned the town of ''Aboa'' in his ''Bulla'' in 1229, and this year is now used as the founding year of the city. Turku was the most important city in the eastern part of the Sweden, Kingdom of Sweden (today's Finland). After the Finnish War, Finland became an Grand Duchy of Finla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raisio
Raisio (; ) is a town in Finland, located in the Southwest Finland region. It lies north of the regional capital, Turku. The population of Raisio is approximately , while the sub-region has a population of approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the third largest municipality in the Southwest Finland region after Turku ja Kaarina. The town of Raisio has a land area of , and has about of coastline to the Bay of Raisio at its southern tip. The coat of arms of Raisio is inspired by Martin of Tours, the patron saint of the medieval stone church of Raisio parish. The coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson and approved for use on 23 April 1954. History The oldest known written record of Raisio is from 1292, and there is strong evidence of Stone Age settlement in the area, but Raisio did not become a town until 1974. It was an agricultural area until the late 20th century. The success of the Raisio Group company transformed the town into an industr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vahto
Vahto () is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Rusko on January 1, 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,876 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 77.10 km2 of which 0.02 km2 is water. The population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ... was 24.34 inhabitants per km2. Vahto was one of the 18 municipalities in the Turku region, and due to its close proximity to the center of Turku (about 20 km), it may also be considered part of the Turku metropolitan area. In the north, Vahto shared a common boundary mark with seven other municipalities. This famous site, called Kuhankuono in Finnish, is also a pre-historical border mark betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nousiainen
Nousiainen (; ) 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 population density is . There are two Natura 2000 sites in Nousiainen: the Kurjenrahka National Park and the Rehtisuo Raised Bog. History Nousiainen was an "ancient parish" (a unit of social organization) before Swedish rule. Nousiainen was the first seat of the bishop of Finland until the early 13th century, when the seat was shifted to Koroinen, nowadays a part of Turku. It remained, however, a place of pilgrimage throughout the Middle Ages. The coat of arms of Nousiainen depicts Bishop Henry and Lalli. Nousiainen was mentioned in 1232 as ''de Nousia'' and in 1234 as ''Nosis''. Its name is derived from a pre-Christian Finnish personal name ''Nousia'', still the name of some 10-20 men in 2022. Even after the bishopric was moved to Koroinen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Finland
Western Finland (, ) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Eastern Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered the Gulf of Bothnia towards Åland. Tampere was the largest city of the province. History On September 1, 1997 the Province of Turku and Pori, the Province of Vaasa, the Province of Central Finland, the northern parts of the Province of Häme and the western parts of the Mikkeli Province were joined to form the then new Province of Western Finland. All the provinces of Finland were abolished on January 1, 2010. Administration The State Provincial Office was a joint regional administrative authority of seven ministries. The State Provincial Office served at five localities; the main office was placed in Turku, and regional service offices were located in Jyväskylä, Tampere, Vaasa, and Pori. Approximately 350 persons worked at the State Provincial Office. The agency was divided into eight departments. Regions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masku
Masku () is a municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland. It is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland regions of Finland, region. The municipality, which is located about just north of Turku, has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish language, Finnish. The municipality has also been known as "Masko" in Swedish language, Swedish. The Swedish name no longer has official status, and is considered outdated according to the Institute for the Languages of Finland. On January 1, 2009 the municipalities of Askainen and Lemu, Finland, Lemu were consolidated with Masku. History Masku is one of the oldest parishes in Finland, having been established in the 13th century. It included Merimasku until 1577, when it was transferred to Naantali. The people of Masku also once held hunting grounds in the Turku archipelago, as evi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Language
Finnish (endonym: or ) is a Finnic languages, Finnic language of the Uralic languages, Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland. Finnish is one of the two official languages of Finland, alongside Swedish language, Swedish. In Sweden, both Finnish and Meänkieli (which has significant mutual intelligibility with Finnish) are official minority languages. Kven language, Kven, which like Meänkieli is mutually intelligible with Finnish, is spoken in the Norway, Norwegian counties of Troms and Finnmark by a minority of Finnish descent. Finnish is morphological typology, typologically agglutinative language, agglutinative and uses almost exclusively Suffix, suffixal affixation. Nouns, adjectives, pronouns, Numeral (linguistics), numerals and verbs are inflection, inflected depending on their role in the Sentence (linguistics), sentence. Sentences are normally formed with subject–verb–object word order, alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Population Density
Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (other), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geographical term.Matt RosenberPopulation Density Geography.about.com. March 2, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011. Biological population densities Population density is population divided by total land area, sometimes including seas and oceans, as appropriate. Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and further reduce fertility. This is called the Allee effect after the scientist who identified it. Examples of the causes of reduced fertility in low population densities are: * Increased problems with locating sexual mates * Increased inbreeding Human densities Population density is the number of people per unit of area, usually transcribed as "per square kilometre" or square mile, and which may include or exclude, for example, ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
