Porin maalaiskunta (abbr. Porin mlk, sv, Björneborgs landskommun, ''"the Rural Municipality of Pori"'') is a former municipality in the province of
Satakunta
Satakunta (in both Finnish and Swedish, ) is a region ( / ) of Finland, part of the former Western Finland Province. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Pirkanmaa, South Ostrobothnia and Ostrobothnia. The capital city of the region ...
,
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
. It was annexed with the city of
Pori in 1967. Population of Porin maalaiskunta was 8,709 in 1963.
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Porin maalaiskunta covered areas like
Yyteri and the
Port of Pori
Port of Pori ( fi, Porin satama) is a complex of three harbours. It is by the Gulf of Bothnia in Pori, Finland. The port authority of Pori was established in 1780. Today the Port of Pori is a corporation owned by the city.
Port of Pori has l ...
, which are parts of the present
Meri-Pori district.
Notable people
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Eino Grön
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Kelpo Gröndahl
Kelpo Olavi Gröndahl (28 March 1920 – 2 August 1994) was a light-heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Finland. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively. He won another silver medal at the ...
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Johan Gullichsen
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Maire Gullichsen
Maire Eva Johanna Gullichsen (née Ahlström, later known as Gullichsen-Nyströmer, 24 June 1907, Porin maalaiskunta – 9 July 1990, Pori) was a Finnish art collector and patron. She was a co-founder of the Artek furniture company. Pori Art M ...
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Aarne Tarkas
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Miikka Toivola
See also
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Maalaiskunta
References
External links
Former municipalities of Finland
Populated places disestablished in 1967
Pori
1967 disestablishments in Finland
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