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Pargas (Parainen) is a town and municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea, the biggest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, 50,000.[1]

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  1. 46 relations: Advocatus, Archipelago Sea, Åboland, Åland, Baltic Sea, Brändö, Charter, City manager, Eastern European Summer Time, Eastern European Time, Finland, Finnish language, Haninge Municipality, Houtskär, Humid continental climate, Iniö, Kaarina, Karin Thomasdotter, Kökar, Köppen climate classification, Kimitoön, Korpo, Kustavi, Limestone, Multilingualism, Municipalities of Finland, Naantali, Nagu, Nordkalk, Oceanic climate, Pargas (former municipality), Population density, Provinces of Finland, Regions of Finland, Sauvo, Sipilä Cabinet, Sister city, Sottunga, Southwest Finland, Sub-regions of Finland, Swedish language, Town, Turku, Utö (Finland), Vikings, Western Finland Province.

  2. 2009 establishments in Finland
  3. Municipalities of Southwest Finland
  4. Populated places established in 2009

Advocatus

During the Middle Ages, an (sometimes given as modern English: advocate; German:; French) was an office-holder who was legally delegated to perform some of the secular responsibilities of a major feudal lord, or for an institution such as an abbey.

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Archipelago Sea

The Archipelago Sea (Saaristomeri, Skärgårdshavet) is a part of the Baltic Sea between the Gulf of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland and the Sea of Åland, within Finnish territorial waters.

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Åboland

Åboland (Turunmaa) is a sub-region in the archipelago of the Southwest Finland region in south-western Finland.

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Åland

Åland (Ahvenanmaa) is an autonomous and demilitarised region of Finland.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Brändö

Brändö is an island municipality of Åland, Finland.

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Charter

A charter is the grant of authority or rights, stating that the granter formally recognizes the prerogative of the recipient to exercise the rights specified.

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City manager

A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city in the council–manager form of city government.

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Eastern European Summer Time

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Finland

Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.

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Finnish language

Finnish (endonym: suomi or suomen kieli) is a Finnic language of the Uralic language family, spoken by the majority of the population in Finland and by ethnic Finns outside of Finland.

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Haninge Municipality

Haninge Municipality (Haninge kommun) is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden.

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Houtskär

Houtskär (Houtskari) is an island group and former municipality of Finland.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.

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Iniö

Iniö is a former municipality of Finland.

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Kaarina

Kaarina (S:t Karins, i.e. "Saint Catherine's") is a town in Finland, located in the region of Southwest Finland. Pargas and Kaarina are Cities and towns in Finland, municipalities of Southwest Finland and Populated coastal places in Finland.

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Karin Thomasdotter

Karin Thomasdotter (Swedish; Karin Thomaksentytär; 1610–1697) was an official Vogt (court advocate) and länsman, in the province of Finland that was then part of Sweden. Her position as an official was near to unique for a woman of her time, particularly as she was not of noble birth.

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Kökar

Kökar is an island municipality to the south-east of the Åland archipelago, Finland.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kimitoön

Kimitoön (Kemiönsaari) is a municipality and island of Finland. Pargas and Kimitoön are 2009 establishments in Finland, municipalities of Southwest Finland, Populated coastal places in Finland and Populated places established in 2009.

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Korpo

Korpo (Korppoo) is an island located in the Turku archipelago.

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Kustavi

Kustavi (Gustavs) is a municipality of Finland. Pargas and Kustavi are municipalities of Southwest Finland and Populated coastal places in Finland.

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Limestone

Limestone (calcium carbonate) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime.

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Multilingualism

Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers.

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Municipalities of Finland

The municipalities (kunta; kommun) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental, self-governing administrative units of the country.

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Naantali

Naantali (Nådendal) is a town in Southwest Finland, and, as a resort town during the summer, an important centre of tourism in the country. Pargas and Naantali are Cities and towns in Finland, municipalities of Southwest Finland and Populated coastal places in Finland.

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Nagu

Nagu (Nauvo) is a former municipality and parish of Finland.

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Nordkalk

Nordkalk is a manufacturer of limestone-based products based in Finland.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Pargas (former municipality)

Pargas (Parainen) is a former town and municipality in south-western Finland. Pargas and Pargas (former municipality) are Populated coastal places in Finland.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Provinces of Finland

Between 1634 and 2009, Finland was administered as several provinces (Suomen läänit, Finlands län).

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Regions of Finland

Finland is divided into 19 regions (maakunta; landskap) which are governed by regional councils that serve as forums of cooperation for the municipalities of each region.

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Sauvo

Sauvo (Sagu) is a municipality of Finland. Pargas and Sauvo are municipalities of Southwest Finland and Populated coastal places in Finland.

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Sipilä Cabinet

The cabinet of Juha Sipilä was the 74th government of Finland, from 2015 to 2019.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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Sottunga

Sottunga is an island municipality of Åland, an autonomous territory of Finland.

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Southwest Finland

Southwest Finland, calqued as Finland Proper (Varsinais-Suomi,; Egentliga Finland), is a region in the southwest of Finland.

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Sub-regions of Finland

Sub-regions (seutukunta, ekonomisk region) are divisions used for statistical purposes in Finland.

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Swedish language

Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Turku

Turku (Åbo) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. Pargas and Turku are Cities and towns in Finland, municipalities of Southwest Finland and Populated coastal places in Finland.

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Utö (Finland)

Utö is a small island in the Archipelago Sea in the Baltic Sea and belongs to Finland's Pargas municipality.

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Vikings

Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.

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Western Finland Province

Western Finland (Länsi-Suomen lääni, Västra Finlands län) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009.

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See also

2009 establishments in Finland

Municipalities of Southwest Finland

Populated places established in 2009

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pargas

Also known as Laensi-Turunmaa, Länsi-Turunmaa, Parainen, Vaestaboland, Väståboland.