Paimio 
    Pemar  | |
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Town  | |
| Paimion kaupunki Pemars stad  | |
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![]() Coat of arms  | |
![]() Location of Paimio in Finland  | |
| Coordinates: 60°27′N 022°42′E / 60.450°N 22.700°E | |
| Country | |
| Region | Southwest Finland | 
| Sub-region | Turku sub-region | 
| City rights | 1997 | 
| Government | |
| • Town manager | Jari Jussinmäki | 
| Area  (2018-01-01)[1]  | |
| • Total | 242.26 km2 (93.54 sq mi) | 
| • Land | 238.52 km2 (92.09 sq mi) | 
| • Water | 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) | 
| • Rank | 250th largest in Finland | 
| Population  (2023-09-30)[2]  | |
| • Total | 11,197 | 
| • Rank | 89th largest in Finland | 
| • Density | 46.94/km2 (121.6/sq mi) | 
| Population by native language | |
| • Finnish | 95.5% (official) | 
| • Swedish | 0.9% | 
| • Others | 3.5% | 
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 19.1% | 
| • 15 to 64 | 58.6% | 
| • 65 or older | 22.3% | 
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) | 
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) | 
| Climate | Dfb | 
| Website | www.paimio.fi | 
Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 11,197 (30 September 2023)[2] and covers an area of 242.26 square kilometres (93.54 sq mi) of which 3.89 km2 (1.50 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 46.94 inhabitants per square kilometre (121.6/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Paimio centre is called Vista, divided by the church hill to Upper Vista (Ylä-Vista) and Lower Vista (Ala-Vista).
Important buildings
Paimio is best known for Paimio Sanatorium operating as a part of Turku University Hospital. It was built in 1932 and designed by architect Alvar Aalto and originally served as a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Notable persons
- Jarno Koskiranta, ice hockey player
 - Tero Koskiranta, ice hockey player
 - Mika Ojala, footballer
 - Anders Planman, astronomer, professor of physics and mathematician
 - V. J. Sukselainen, politician
 
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Paimio is twinned with:
 Audru Parish, Estonia
 Ljungby Municipality, Sweden
 Zelenogorsk, Russia
 Sovetsky, Russia
 Tølløse, Denmark
 Ås, Norway
 Öckerö Municipality, Sweden
 Odenthal, Germany
References
- 1 2 "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
 - 1 2 "Preliminary population statistics 2023, September". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
 - ↑ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
 - ↑ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
 
External links
 Media related to Paimio at Wikimedia Commons
- Town of Paimio – Official website (in Finnish)
 



