Ekenäs, Finland

Ekenäs Ekenäs – Tammisaari
Municipality
Ekenäs Town Ekenäs Stad Tammisaaren Kaupunki
An alley in Ekenäs
Coat airms
Location o Ekenäs in Finland
Coordinates: 59°58.5′N 023°26′E
Kintra	Finland
Region	Uusimaa
Sub-region	Ekenäs sub-region
Foondit	1546
Consolidatit	2009
• Density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Ekenäs (Swadish pronunciation: [ˈeːkəneːs]; Finnish: Tammisaari, [ˈtɑmːisɑːri]) wis a toun in Finland comprisin the umwhile municipalities Snappertuna an Tenala thegither wi the toun o Ekenäs. It wis mergit wi Pohja an Karis tae form the new municipality o Raseborg on 1 Januar 2009.

Ekenäs wis locatit in the province o Soothren Finland an wis pairt o the Uusimaa region. The toun haed a population o 14,754 (as o 31 December 2008) an covered a land aurie o 726.73 square kilometre (280.59 sq mi). The population density wis 20.30 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.6/sq mi).

The toun wis bilingual, wi the majority bein Swadish speakers (81%), an the minority Finnish speakers (17%).

It is notit for its airchipelago, pairt o which is the Ekenäs Airchipelago Naitional Pairk.

Sub-region of Uusimaa

Ekenäs wis the name o a sub-region o Uusimaa an aw, containin the follaein municipalities afore 2009:

• Ekenäs
• Hanko
• Ingå
• Karis
• Pohja

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Ekenäs at Wikimedia Commons

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  The kirk o Ekenäs
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  Ekenäs seen frae sooth