Karis Explained

Karis
Official Name:Swedish: Karis stad
Finnish: Karjaan kaupunki
Native Name:Swedish: Karis – Finnish: Karjaa
Settlement Type:Former town
Mapsize:150px
Pushpin Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Finland
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Uusimaa
Subdivision Type2:Sub-region
Subdivision Name2:Ekenäs sub-region
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1930
Established Title2:Town privileges
Established Date2:1977
Extinct Title:Consolidated
Extinct Date:2009
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:214.76
Area Land Km2:196.82
Area Water Km2:17.94
Population As Of:2008-12-31
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:9155
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Population by native language
Demographics1 Title1:Finnish
Demographics1 Info1:38% (official)
Demographics1 Title2:Swedish
Demographics1 Info2:59% (official)
Demographics1 Info3:%
Demographics1 Info4:%
Demographics2 Title1:0 to 14
Demographics2 Info1:%
Demographics2 Title2:15 to 64
Demographics2 Info2:%
Demographics2 Title3:65 or older
Demographics2 Info3:%
Blank1 Name:Climate
Blank1 Info:Dfb
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:EEST
Utc Offset Dst:+3
Coordinates:60.0708°N 23.6625°W
Postal Code Type:Postal code

Karis (pronounced as /sv-FI/; Finnish: Karjaa in Finnish pronounced as /ˈkɑrjɑː/) is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg; Finnish: Raasepori.

It is located in the Finnish province of Southern Finland and is part of Uusimaa, one of the regions of Finland. The town had a population of 9,155 (as of 31 December 2008) and covered a land area of . The population density was .

The municipality was bilingual, with a majority (59%) being Swedish language speakers and a minority (38%) being Finnish language speakers.

Karis railway station is on both the Finnish: [[Rantarata]] line, connecting Helsinki Central railway station and Turku Central railway station; and on the Hanko–Hyvinkää railway where it is the junction station for branch line services to Hanko railway station. By driving along the national road 51 to Helsinki, the minimum distance is about 75 kilometers.

Stage magician Simo Aalto came from the town.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Area by municipality as of . . Land Survey of Finland . PDF . fi, sv.
  2. Web site: Population by municipality as of . . Population Information System . Population Register Center of Finland . fi, sv . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202145510/http://vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/029EEED89C84611BC22575350052CE3A/%24file/081231.html . 2010-12-02 .