Paimio

Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.

Paimio
Pemar
Town
Paimion kaupunki
Pemars stad
Paimio in winter
Coat of arms of Paimio
Coat of arms
Location of Paimio in Finland
Location of Paimio in Finland
Coordinates: 60°27′N 022°42′E
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionTurku sub-region
City rights1997
Government
 • Town managerJari Jussinmäki
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total242.26 km2 (93.54 sq mi)
 • Land238.35 km2 (92.03 sq mi)
 • Water3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi)
 • Rank250th largest in Finland
Population
 (2023-02-28)[2]
 • Total11,117
 • Rank90th largest in Finland
 • Density46.64/km2 (120.8/sq mi)
Population by native language
[3]
 • Finnish98.4% (official)
 • Swedish0.7%
 • Others0.9%
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1419.1%
 • 15 to 6458.6%
 • 65 or older22.3%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
ClimateDfb
Websitewww.paimio.fi

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 11,117 (28 February 2023)[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 46.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (120.8/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

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

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

Twin towns — Sister cities

Paimio is twinned with:

References
  1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. "Preliminary population structure by area, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.

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