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

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Number of Swedish speakers in Kaarina, according to Statistics Finland[1]

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

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 Template:Infobox Finnish Municipality/population count (Error: Invalid time.)[2] and covers an area of [convert: invalid number] of which [convert: invalid number] is water.[3] The population density is [convert: invalid number].

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

International relations

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

Kaarina is twinned with:[4]

See also

Kaarina Honkola (lady Electrician or something) (1997)

References

  1. ^ [1] [dead link]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference population_count was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference total_area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Kaarinalla on viisi ystävyyskaupunkia" (in Finnish). City of Kaarina. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2019.

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