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Naantalin Maalaiskunta
Naantalin maalaiskunta (''Nådendals landskommun'' in Swedish), or the rural municipality of Naantali, as distinct from the city of Naantali, is a former municipality in Finland. The municipality was located in south-western Finland, surrounding the city of Naantali, and composed of rural and suburban areas around it, mostly on the island of Luonnonmaa Luonnonmaa is an island in Southwest Finland. The island is in the Finnish Archipelago Sea ( Finnish: ''Saaristomeri'') region of the Baltic Sea, and located in the southernmost part of Finnish territorial waters. With an area of 44.0 square kilo ... and to the north of the city. By the 1960s, the city had expanded well outside its administrative boundaries, and rural municipality's population had exceeded that of the city. The rural municipality, which also suffered from financial difficulties, was annexed into the city of Naantali in 1964. References Populated places disestablished in 1964 Former municipalities of Fin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish Language
Swedish ( ) is a North Germanic languages, North Germanic language from the Indo-European languages, Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland. It has at least 10 million native speakers, making it the Germanic_languages#Statistics, fourth most spoken Germanic language, and the first among its type in the Nordic countries overall. Swedish, like the other North Germanic languages, Nordic languages, is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian language, Norwegian and Danish language, Danish, although the degree of mutual intelligibility is dependent on the dialect and accent of the speaker. Standard Swedish, spoken by most Swedes, is the national language that evolved from the Central Swedish dialects in the 19th century, and was well established by the beginning of the 20th century. While distinct regional Variety ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naantali
Naantali (; ) is a municipalities of Finland, town in Southwest Finland, and, as a resort town during the summer, an important centre of tourism in the country. The municipality has a population of (), and is located west of Turku. The town has a land area of . Most of this area is located on the islands, but the majority of the population lives on the mainland. Most of the islands are covered with forest and farmland, while the mainland consists chiefly of residential areas. History One of the oldest towns in Finland, Naantali was founded around the medieval Brigittine convent ''Nådendal Abbey, Vallis gratiae'' (or Nådendal Abbey), the church of which still dominates its skyline. The charter was signed by King Christopher of Bavaria, the then ruler of Finland, in 1443. The convent got trading rights and other privileges, and the town around it began to grow. It also became an important destination for pilgrimage. In the 16th century, as Catholicism reformation in Sweden, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipalities Of Finland
The municipalities (; ) represent the local level of administration in Finland and act as the fundamental, self-governing administrative units of the country. The entire country is incorporated into municipalities and legally, all municipalities are equal, although certain municipalities are called cities or towns (; ). Municipalities have the right to levy a flat percentual income tax, which is between 16 and 22 percent, and they provide two thirds of public services. Municipalities control many community services, such as schools, health care and the water supply, and local streets. They do not maintain highways, set laws or keep police forces, which are responsibilities of the central government. Government Municipalities have council-manager government: they are governed by an elected council (, ), which is legally autonomous and answers only to the voters. The size of the council is proportional to the population, the extremes being 9 in Sottunga and 85 in Helsinki. A subsec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luonnonmaa
Luonnonmaa is an island in Southwest Finland. The island is in the Finnish Archipelago Sea ( Finnish: ''Saaristomeri'') region of the Baltic Sea, and located in the southernmost part of Finnish territorial waters. With an area of 44.0 square kilometers (17.0 sq mi), Luonnonmaa is one the tens of thousands of islands, islets, and skerries that constitute the Finnish Archipelago. Luonnonmaa is part of the municipality of Naantali, a summer resort town of around 20,000 people and major tourism destination located within the Turku metropolitan area. Naantali proper consists of a mainland portion in addition to approximately 1,000 islands, of which Luonnonmaa is the largest. Luonnonmaa forms most of Naantali's area but has only a fraction of its permanent population. Luonnonmaa is home to Kultaranta, the official summer residence of the President of Finland The president of the Republic of Finland (; ) is the head of state of Finland. The incumbent president is Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Populated Places Disestablished In 1964
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and plants, and has specific uses within such fields as ecology and genetics. Etymology The word ''population'' is derived from the Late Latin ''populatio'' (a people, a multitude), which itself is derived from the Latin word ''populus'' (a people). Use of the term Social sciences In sociology and population geography, population refers to a group of human beings with some predefined feature in common, such as location, race, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Ecology In ecology, a population is a group of organisms of the same species which inhabit the same geographical area and are capable of interbreeding. The area of a sexual population is the area where interbreeding is possible between any opposite-sex pair within the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Municipalities Of Finland
This is a list of the former municipalities of Finland. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ä Ö __NOTOC__ A * Ahlainen (Swedish: Vittisbofjärd) – became part of Pori in 1972 * Aitolahti (Swedish: Aitolax) – became part of Tampere in 1966 * Akaa (Swedish: Ackas) – divided in 1946 between Toijala, Kylmäkoski, Sääksmäki and Viiala. The name was re-introduced in 2007 when the municipalities of Toijala and Viiala were consolidated. * Alahärmä – consolidated with Kauhava in 2009 * Alastaro – consolidated with Loimaa in 2009 * Alatornio (Swedish: Nedertorneå) – became part of Tornio in 1973 * Alaveteli (Swedish: Nedervetil) – consolidated with Kronoby in 1969 * Angelniemi – became part of Halikko in 1967 * Anjala – consolidated with Sippola in 1975 to form the Anjalankoski market town * Antrea (Swedish: S:t Andree) – was lost to the USSR in 1944 * Anttola – became part of Mikkeli in 2001 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
