Karuna (Finland)
Karuna [ ˈkɑrunɑ ] is a place in the municipality of Sauvo in the Finnish countryside of Varsinais-Suomi . Until 1969 Karuna formed an independent municipality .
Karuna is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea around twelve kilometers southwest of the main town of Sauvo. The main attraction of the place is the Karuna church designed by Josef Stenbäck . The national romantic building made of gray granite was completed in 1910. After the completion of the church, the old wooden church of Karuna from 1685 was dismantled and rebuilt in the Seurasaari open-air museum in the capital Helsinki .
In addition to the main town of the same name, the municipality of Karuna comprised the villages of Broddböle, Tiikarla (Dikarböle), Eistilä (Eistböle), Eikniemi (Eknäs), Fröjdböle, Kustaali (Gussdal), Halslahti (Halslaks), Haanniemi (Handby), Hintsholva , Kasklahti (Kasklax), Kelturi, Nuuttiniemi (Knutnäs), Kupiluoto (Koppholm), Krooka (Kråknäs), Kärkkinen (Kärkis), Kärkniemi, Liden, Lemmines (Lämmis), Maalu, Maanila (Mannböle), Orbomassaari, Tubomassaari , Päisterpää, Rantola, Ruskola (Ruskulla), Santasaari (Sandö), Savisalo, Sitolahti (Sitolax), Voilahti (Smörvik), Tapola (Stappåker), Teininki (Steninge), Raumala (Strömsböle), Sydänmaa (Sydmo), Timari (Timböle) ), Tuomaala (Tomasböle) and Torikka. The municipality of Karuna had an area of 88.5 square kilometers and recently around 1,200 inhabitants. In 1969 Karuna was largely incorporated into Sauvo, the village of Santasaari came to the municipality of Kimito .
Karuna Church
The old church of Karuna, now in Seurasaari
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 60 ° 16 ' N , 22 ° 33' E