Koroinen (
Finnish; ''Korois'' in
Swedish
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) is a
ward
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(, ) of
Turku
Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...
,
Finland
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, also known as Ward 5. The ward is located to the northeast of the city centre and named after
Koroinen
Koroinen (; ''Korois'' in Swedish) is a district in the Koroinen ward of the city of Turku, in Finland. It is located to the north of the city centre, across the river Aura from the Turku Student Village.
Koroinen is mostly non-built-up are ...
, a district in the centre of the ward.
The ward has a population of 10,419 () and an annual population increase of 1.42%. 14.76% of the ward's population are under 15 years old, while 6.25% are over 65. It is one of the most multicultural of the city's wards, and this is reflected in the linguistic makeup, which is 83.01% Finnish, 5.42% Swedish, and 11.57% other.
Districts
The ward consists of five districts. One of them is divided with another ward.
See also
*
Districts of Turku The city of Turku, Finland is divided into nine wards (''see Wards of Turku''), which in turn are divided into 78 non-governmental districts ( in Finnish, in Swedish). These are composed of individual suburbs, and in the very centre of the city ...
*
Wards of Turku
The city of Turku, in Finland, is divided into nine wards ( in Finnish, in Swedish), which are further divided into 78 districts (''see Districts of Turku''). The ward division does not always follow district boundaries.
The wards are identifi ...
Notes
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Wards of Turku