Sauvo
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| Province | Western Finland |
| Region | Finland Proper |
| Sub-region | Turku |
| City manager | Seppo Allén |
| Official languages | Finnish |
| Area - total - land |
ranked 306th 252.65 km² 251.52 km² |
| Population - total (2003) - change - density |
ranked 301st 2,888 + 0.6 % 11.5/km² |
| Urbanisation | 42.0 % |
| Unemployment rate | 5.3 % |
| http://www.sauvo.fi/ | |
Sauvo (IPA: [ˈsɑuʋo]), or Sagu in Swedish, is a 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 2,896 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 252.65 km² (excluding sea) of which 1.13 km² is inland water. The population density is 11.51 inhabitants per km².
Like many waterside areas near major population centres, the population of Sauvo increases every summer because of summer cottage usage. While not counted officially to statistics the increase will roughly double the population during summer.
The municipality Karuna was merged into Sauvo 1969.
The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
[edit] External link
- http://www.sauvo.fi/ - Official website (in Finnish)
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