Paimio

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Town in Southwest Finland, Finland

Paimio

Pemar

Town

Paimion kaupunki
Pemars stad

Coat of arms

Location of Paimio in Finland

Coordinates: 60°27′N 022°42′E﻿ / ﻿60.450°N 22.700°E﻿ / 60.450; 22.700
Country|  Finland
Region| Southwest Finland
Sub-region| Turku sub-region
City rights| 1997
Government

• Town manager| Jari Jussinmäki
Area

(2018-01-01)[1]

• Total

| 242.26 km2 (93.54 sq mi)
• Land| 238.52 km2 (92.09 sq mi)
• Water| 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
• Rank| 250th largest in Finland
Population

(2024-10-31)[2]

• Total

| 11,252
• Rank| 87th largest in Finland
• Density| 47.17/km2 (122.2/sq mi)
Population by native language

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• Finnish| 94.5% (official)
• Swedish| 0.8%
• Others| 4.7%
Population by age

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• 0 to 14| 19.1%
• 15 to 64| 58.6%
• 65 or older| 22.3%
Time zone| UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Climate| Dfb
Website| www.paimio.fi/en/

Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town 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 11,252 (31 October 2024)[2] and covers an area of 242.26 square kilometres (93.54 sq mi) of which 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 47.17 inhabitants per square kilometre (122.2/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Paimio centre is called Vista, divided by the church hill to Upper Vista (Ylä-Vista) and Lower Vista (Ala-Vista).

## Important buildings

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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.

## Notable persons

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* Jarno Koskiranta, ice hockey player
* Tero Koskiranta, ice hockey player
* Mika Ojala, footballer
* Anders Planman, astronomer, professor of physics and mathematician
* V. J. Sukselainen, politician

## International relations

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

### Twin towns — Sister cities

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Paimio is twinned with:

* Audru Parish, Estonia
* Ljungby Municipality, Sweden
* Zelenogorsk, Russia
* Sovetsky, Russia
* Tølløse, Denmark
* Ås, Norway
* Öckerö Municipality, Sweden
* Odenthal, Germany

## References

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1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ "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.
4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

## External links

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Media related to Paimio at Wikimedia Commons

* Town of Paimio – Official website

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Places adjacent to Paimio

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Municipalities of Southwest Finland

Municipalities|

* Aura
* Kaarina
* Kimitoön
* Koski Tl
* Kustavi
* Laitila
* Lieto
* Loimaa
* Marttila
* Masku
* Mynämäki
* Naantali
* Nousiainen
* Oripää
* Paimio
* Pargas
* Pyhäranta
* Pöytyä
* Raisio
* Rusko
* Salo
* Sauvo
* Somero
* Taivassalo
* Turku
* Uusikaupunki
* Vehmaa

Former municipalities|

* Alastaro
* Angelniemi
* Askainen
* Dragsfjärd
* Halikko
* Hitis
* Houtskär
* Iniö
* Kakskerta
* Kalanti
* Karinainen
* Karjala
* Karuna
* Kimito
* Kiikala
* Kisko
* Korpo
* Kuusisto
* Kuusjoki
* Lemu
* Loimaan kunta
* Lokalahti
* Maaria
* Mellilä
* Merimasku
* Metsämaa
* Mietoinen
* Muurla
* Naantalin maalaiskunta
* Nagu
* Paattinen
* Pargas landskommun
* Perniö
* Pertteli
* Piikkiö
* Pyhämaa
* Rymättylä
* Särkisalo
* Somerniemi
* Suomusjärvi
* Tarvasjoki
* Uskela
* Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta
* Vahto
* Västanfjärd
* Velkua
* Yläne

* Southwest Finland
* Finland

Authority control databases

International|

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* Germany
* United States
* Latvia
* Israel
* Finland
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Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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