Paimio

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Paimion kaupunki
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Paimio Location of Paimio in Finland
Basic data
State : FinlandFinland Finland
Landscape : Varsinais-Suomi
Administrative community : Turku
Geographical location 60 ° 27 ′  N , 22 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 60 ° 27 ′  N , 22 ° 42 ′  E
Surface: 242.28 km²
of which land area: 238.38 km²
of which inland waterways: 1.67 km²
of which sea area: 2.23 km²
Residents : 10,832 (Dec. 31, 2018)
Population density : 45.4 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number : 577
Language (s) : Finnish
Website : paimio.fi

Paimio [ ˈpɑi̯miɔ ] ( Swedish Pemar ) is a city in south-western Finland with 10,832 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It is located in the Varsinais-Suomi landscape around 25 kilometers east of Turku on the lower reaches of the Paimionjoki River .

geography

The state highway 1 from Turku to Helsinki crosses Paimio.

Culture and sights

The Paimio sanatorium was designed by the famous architect Alvar Aalto and completed in 1933. It functioned as a tuberculosis hospital until the 1960s ; today it is a pulmonary clinic. The functionalist building is considered to be one of the most important works of Aalto's early creative period. His design envisaged that the building itself should contribute to the healing of the patients. Sanatorium Paimio is a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage .

Another well-known structure is the Mikaelin Kirkko (St. Michaels Church), which was built in the late 1680s. It consists of the church, built of gray quarry stone with a hipped roof, and a church tower that is offset from it, which is square at the bottom and merges into a regular octagon in the roof.

Infrastructure

There has been a hydroelectric power station on the Askalankoski rapids since the 1930s . Paimio is still an important electricity producer.

politics

The town of Paimio maintains town twinning with Audru ( Estonia ), Ljungby , Öckerö (both Sweden ), Selenogorsk ( Russia ), Tolløse ( Denmark ), Ås ( Norway ) and Odenthal ( Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis / Germany ).

Sons and daughters

Web links

Commons : Paimio  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Maanmittauslaitos (Finnish land surveying office): Suomen pinta-alat kunnittain January 1, 2010 (PDF; 199 kB)
  2. Statistical Office Finland: Table 11ra - Key figures on population by region, 1990-2018
  3. a b report in the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from October 10, 2011, p. 38