Kaarina

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Kaarinan kaupunki


Coat of Arms	Location

Area
- Of which land
- Rank

60.59 km²
59.70 km²
ranked 425th

Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank

21,568 (2004)
361.3 inh./km²
+ 2.0%
ranked 46th

Urbanisation

97.4%

Unemployment

7.8%

Official languages

Finnish

City Manager

Harri Virta

Home page

http://www.kaarina.fi/

Kaarina city centre

Kaarina (IPA: [ˈkɑːrinɑ]), or S:t Karins in Swedish, is a small city and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 21,568 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 60.59 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.89 km² is inland water. The population density is 361.3 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

The famous fetish artist Tom of Finland was born in Kaarina. The legendary founders of funeral doom metal, the band Thergothon was formed here in 1989.

[edit] See also

Kuusisto Castle

[edit] External links

http://www.kaarina.fi/ - Official website (in Finnish)

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