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Pargas
Pargas
Pargas – Parainen | |
|---|---|
Town | |
| Pargas stad Paraisten kaupunki | |
 The city centre of Pargas | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Pargas in Finland | |
| Coordinates: 60°18′N 022°18′E / 60.300°N 22.300°E | |
| Country |  Finland |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Åboland–Turunmaa sub-region |
| Charter | 2009 |
| Seat | Pargas |
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Patrik Nygrén |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Total | 5,548.17 km2 (2,142.16 sq mi) |
| • Land | 883.98 km2 (341.31 sq mi) |
| • Water | 4,666.46 km2 (1,801.73 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 88th largest in Finland |
| Population (2024-10-31)[2] | |
• Total | 14,907 |
| • Rank | 75th largest in Finland |
| • Density | 16.86/km2 (43.7/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 54.1% (official) |
| • Finnish | 41.3% |
| • Others | 4.6% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 15.1% |
| • 15 to 64 | 56.7% |
| • 65 or older | 28.1% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Website | www |
Pargas (Finnish: Parainen) is a town and municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea, the biggest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, 50,000. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry and except for the central parts, the municipality is still mostly rural.
Pargas is located in Åboland in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. It was created as Väståboland on 1 January 2009 in Southwest Finland, when the municipalities of Pargas, Nagu, Korpo, Houtskär and Iniö were merged into a single municipality.
The municipality has a population of 14,907 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 5,548.17 square kilometres (2,142.16 sq mi) of which 4,666.46 km2 (1,801.73 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 16.86 inhabitants per square kilometre (43.7/sq mi).
Pargas is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 41% Finnish speakers, 54% Swedish speakers, and 5% speakers of other languages.
- ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,635,560 at the end of October 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 19 November 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
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