Pori

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.

Pori
Ceety
Porin kaupunki
The auld Toun Haw o Pori
Coat airms
Location o Pori in Finland
Coordinates: 61°29′N 021°48′E
Kintra	Finland
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)[2]
• Ceety	83,171
• Rank	10t lairgest in Finland
• Density	99.72/km2 (258.3/sq mi)
• Metro	93 220 (7th lairgest in Finland) [3]
Population bi native leid [4]
• Finnish	7,001,980,000,000,000,000♠98% (offeecial)
• Swadish	6,999,500,000,000,000,000♠0.5%
• Ithers	7,000,150,000,000,000,000♠1.5%
Population by age [5]
• 0 tae 14	7,001,150,000,000,000,000♠15%
• 15 tae 64	7,001,652,000,000,000,000♠65.2%
• 65 or aulder	7,001,198,000,000,000,000♠19.8%
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)
Website	www.pori.fi

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Finland

Twin touns – Sister ceeties

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^[6]
• Stralsund, Germany, syne 1968
• Sundsvall, Swaden, syne 1940
• Sønderborg, Denmark, syne 1952

References

1. "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 Januar 2018.
2. "Preliminar population structur bi aurie, 2022M01*-2023M02*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 4 Apryle 2023.
3. Tilastokeskus (Finnish)
4. "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.
5. "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.
6. "Twin cities of Riga". Riga City Council. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 27 Julie 2009.

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Pori at Wikimedia Commons

• Ceety o Pori – Offeecial wabsteid

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