Airisto holiday resort, Parainen

Pargas (IPA: //), or Parainen (/ˈpɑrɑinen/) in Finnish, is a municipality of Finland. The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ... Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi in Finnish, Egentliga Finland in Swedish) is a region in south-western Finland. ... In 2005 Finland is divided into 77 sub-regions (seutukunta in Finnish, ekonomisk region in Swedish). ... Ã…boland (Swedish; Turunmaa in Finnish) is an economic district in south-western Finland. ... The council-manager government is one of 2 main variations of representative municipal government (for contrast, also see Mayor-Council government). ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by area as of 2003: 17321,32 km²: Inari/Enare 12416,81 km²: Sodankylä 8463,59 km²: Enontekiö/Enontekis 8411,79 km²: Kittilä 7915,51 km²: Rovaniemen_mlk/Rovaniemi_lk 6470,65 km²: Savukoski 5878,00 km²: Salla 5865,79 km²: Pudasj... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... This is a list of the municipalities of Finland sorted by population as of 2003: Helsinki (Helsingfors), 559716 (Helsinki Metropolitan Area 971825) Espoo (Esbo), 221597 Tampere (Tammerfors), 200104 Vantaa (Vanda), 181890 Turku (Åbo), 174618 Oulu (Uleåborg), 124588 Lahti (Lahtis), 97968 Kuopio, 87821 Jyväskylä, 81110 Pori (Björneborg), 75895... Urbanization is the degree of or increase in urban character or nature. ... Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California during the Great Depression. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (597x800, 410 KB) By Samuli Lintula Airisto holiday resort in Parainen, Finland. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (597x800, 410 KB) By Samuli Lintula Airisto holiday resort in Parainen, Finland. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet. ... The municipalities (kunta in Finnish, kommun in Swedish) represent the local level of self government in Finland and also act as the basic regional administrative units of the country. ...

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 12,024 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 272.79 km² (excluding sea) of which 1.19 km² is inland water. The population density is 44.27 inhabitants per km². Finland consists of 6 provinces (Finnish: läänit, Swedish: län), following a 1997 redesign that reduced their number from 12. ... The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland. ... The Region of Finland Proper is a region (maakunta / landskap) of Finland. ... Finland is divided into 20 regions (maakunta/landskap in Finnish/Swedish). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...

The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers. The term bilingualism (from bi meaning two and lingua meaning language) can refer to rather different phenomena. ...

External link

• http://www.pargas.fi - Official site (in Swedish and Finnish)