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Turku is Finland's oldest city. [1] It is not known when Turku was granted city status. Pope Gregory IX first mentioned the town of Aboa in his Bulla in 1229, and this year is now used as the founding year of the city. [4] [5] [14] Turku was the most important city in the eastern part of the Kingdom of Sweden (today's Finland).
In addition to Helsinki other bilingual towns and municipalities in Finland often have bilingual names for districts, villages, and places in nature, such as lakes and rivers. Some examples are: Finnish Lohjanjärvi / Swedish Lojo sjö (Lake in Uusimaa) Finnish Kymijoki / Swedish Kymmene älv (River in Kymenlaakso)
Turku metropolitan area or Turku region (Finnish: Turun seutu, Swedish: Åbo region) is the metropolitan area around the city of Turku in Finland.The joint municipal authority of the Turku city region (Finnish: Turun kaupunkiseutu, Swedish: Åbo stadsregion) consists of six municipalities: Turku, Kaarina, Lieto, Naantali, Raisio and Rusko. [2]
The Southwest Finnish dialects can be divided into two subgroups, Northern and Eastern groups, which in turn can be divided into even smaller groups. Heikki Ojansuu [ fi ] divided the Northern group into three: Rauma , Taivassalo and Masku groups, and the Eastern group into two: Halikko and Coastal groups.
Initially, Turku served as the capital of the new Grand Duchy. Cultural life began to contrast differences with Russianness and to emphasise Finland's own history, language and religion. In 1812 Russia moved the capital of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Turku to Helsinki. The Russians considered Turku too close to Sweden and its culture. [26]
The following is a list of cities and towns (Finnish: kaupunki, Swedish: stad) in Finland.[a] The basic administrative unit of Finland is municipality.Since 1977, there is no legal difference between towns and municipalities, [1] and a municipality can independently decide to call itself a city or town if it considers that it meets the requirements of an urban settlement. [2]
Turku Archipelago. Southwest Finland's nature differs from other regions. The most notable biotopes are the Archipelago Sea and groves. 80% of Finland's insect species can be found in Southwest Finland. [4] There are around 20,000 islands near the coast. [5] The southernmost point of Southwest Finland and the southernmost inhabited island is ...
The city of Turku, Finland is divided into nine wards (see Wards of Turku), which in turn are divided into 78 non-governmental districts (kaupunginosat in Finnish, stadsdelar in Swedish). These are composed of individual suburbs, and in the very centre of the city, sectors of the central business district are identified by Roman numerals. This ...