Pori
Pori | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
| Porin kaupunki | |
 The auld Toun Haw o Pori | |
 Coat airms | |
 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 |  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 (2019-01-31)[3] | |
| • Ceety | 84,318 |
| • Rank | 11t lairgest in Finland |
| • Density | 101.09/km2 (261.8/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) |
| Municipal tax rate[6] | 18.75% |
| 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)
- ↑ "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Tammikuu 2019" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 15 Mairch 2019.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 Mairch 2011.
- ↑ "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