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| Country | Finland |
| Region | Finland Proper |
| Sub-region | Turku sub-region |
| City rights | 1997 |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Jari Jussinmäki |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 242.24 km2 (93.53 sq mi) |
| • Land | 238.35 km2 (92.03 sq mi) |
| • Water | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 290th largest in Finland |
| Population (2014-11-30)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,624 |
| • Rank | 102nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 44.57/km2 (115.4/sq mi) |
| Population by native language[3] | |
| • Finnish | 98.4% (official) |
| • Swedish | 0.7% |
| • Others | 0.9% |
| Population by age[4] | |
| • 0 to 14 | 18.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 66.4% |
| • 65 or older | 15.2% |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.5% |
| Climate | Dfb |
| Website | www.paimio.fi |
Paimio (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpɑimio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 10,624 (30 November 2014)[2] and covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". of which Script error: No such module "convert". is water.[1] The population density is Script error: No such module "convert".. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
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Important buildings
Paimio is best known for Paimio Sanatorium operating as a part of Turku University Hospital. It was built in 1932 and designed by architect Alvar Aalto and originally served as a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Trivia
Paimio centre is called Vista, divided by the church hill to Upper Vista (Ylä-Vista) and Lower Vista (Ala-Vista).
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Paimio is twinned with:
- 23x15px Audru Parish, Estonia
- 23x15px Ljungby Municipality, Sweden
- 23x15px Zelenogorsk, Russia
- 23x15px Sovetsky, Russia
- 23x15px Tølløse, Denmark
- 23x15px Ås, Norway
- 23x15px Öckerö Municipality, Sweden
- Odenthal, Germany
References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.11.2014" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
External links
16x16px Media related to Paimio at Wikimedia Commons
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