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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 ...
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 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]
Finland Proper or Southwest Finland (Finnish: Varsinais-Suomi; Swedish: Egentliga Finland; Latin: Ducatus Finlandiae Meridionalis, literally "Duchy of Southern Finland") is a historical province in southwestern Finland, administered by its historic capital of Turku (Swedish: Åbo).
City Centre on a map of Turku. City Centre (Keskusta in Finnish, Centrum in Swedish) is a ward (suuralue, storområde) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 1.The ward's boundaries correspond approximately to those of the city's central business district, and it borders all the other wards of Turku except for Maaria-Paattinen (Ward 9).
The V District on a map of Turku. The V District , also known as Itäranta ( Finnish ; Öststranden in Swedish , meaning 'east bank'), is one of the central districts of Turku , Finland . As its name suggests, it is located on the east side of the river Aura , and stretches from the IV District ( Martti ) all the way to the mouth of the river.