Pori
Appearance
Pori | |
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Ceety | |
Porin kaupunki | |
The auld Toun Haw o Pori | |
Location o Pori in Finland | |
Coordinates: 61°29′N 021°48′E / 61.483°N 21.800°ECoordinates: 61°29′N 021°48′E / 61.483°N 21.800°E | |
Kintra | |
Region | Satakunta |
Sub-region | Pori sub-region |
Chairter | 1558 |
Govrenment | |
• Ceety manager | Aino-Maija Luukkonen |
Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
• Ceety | 2062.00 km2 (796.14 sq mi) |
• Laund | 834.06 km2 (322.03 sq mi) |
• Water | 870.01 km2 (335.91 sq mi) |
Area rank | 64t lairgest in Finland |
Population (2023-02-28)[3] | |
• Ceety | 83,171 |
• Rank | 10t lairgest in Finland |
• Density | 99.72/km2 (258.3/sq mi) |
• Metro | 93 220 (7th lairgest in Finland) [2] |
Population bi native leid | |
• Finnish | 98% (offeecial) |
• Swadish | 0.5% |
• Ithers | 1.5% |
Population by age | |
• 0 tae 14 | 15% |
• 15 tae 64 | 65.2% |
• 65 or aulder | 19.8% |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Website | www.pori.fi |
Pori (Swadish: Björneborg) is a ceety an municipality on the wast coast o Finland. The ceety is locatit some 15 kilometre (9 mi) frae the Guwf o Bothnie, on the estuary o the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the lairgest in Finland. It wis established in 1558 by John III (Finnish: Juhana III or Juhana-herttua). Pori is the maist important ceety in the Satakunta region.
Internaitional relations
[eedit | eedit soorce]Twin touns – Sister ceeties
[eedit | eedit soorce]Pori is twinned wi:
Bremerhaven, Germany, syne 1967
Eger, Hungary, syne 1973
Kołobrzeg, Poland, syne 1975
Mâcon, Fraunce, syne 1990
Porsgrunn, Norawa, syne 1956
Riga, Latvie, syne 1965[7]
Stralsund, Germany, syne 1968
Sundsvall, Swaden, syne 1940
Sønderborg, Denmark, syne 1952
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
- ↑ Tilastokeskus (Finnish)
- ↑ "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 Mairch 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 Apryle 2009.
- ↑ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Admeenistration o Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 Mey 2023.
- ↑ "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 Julie 2009.
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce] Media relatit tae Pori at Wikimedia Commons
- Ceety o Pori – Offeecial wabsteid