Kaarina, Turku, Southwest Finland Region, Finland
🇫🇮 Kaarina 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 covers an area of 179.58 square km (69.34 sq mi) of which 29.15 km² (11.25 sq mi) is water. The population density is 240.86 inhabitants per square kilometre (623.8/sq mi). 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 as well as Kino Piispanristi, the largest independent cinema in Southwest Finland.
The municipality of Kuusisto was consolidated with Kaarina in 1946. The municipality of Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on 1 January 2009. At the same time, Kaarina adopted the coat of arms of Piikkiö.
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Kaarina has a population of over 36,266 people. Kaarina also forms part of the Greater Turku metropolitan area which has a population of over 235,000 people. Kaarina is situated 8 km south-east of the centre of Turku.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Kaarina has links with:
🇵🇹 Ansião, Portugal 🇸🇪 Enköping, Sweden 🇪🇪 Jõgeva, Estonia 🇷🇺 Sovetsky, Russia 🇭🇺 Szentes, HungaryLocations Near: Kaarina 22.3672,60.4112
🇫🇮 Satakunta 22,61.333 d: 104.4
🇫🇮 Pori 21.795,61.486 d: 123.4
🇫🇮 Tampere 23.757,61.498 d: 142.2
🇫🇮 Hämeenlinna 24.459,60.997 d: 131.1
🇫🇮 Seinäjoki 22.841,62.789 d: 265.6
Antipodal to: Kaarina -157.633,-60.411
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 15435.6
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15204.3
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 14776.8
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 14709.8
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11101.4
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 10993.1
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 10976.8
🇺🇸 Kahului -156.466,20.891 d: 10974