Municipalities of Southwest Finland

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The 27 municipalities of the region of Southwest Finland (Finnish : Varsinais-Suomi; Swedish : Egentliga Finland) in Finland are divided into five sub-regions.

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Åboland–Turunmaa sub-region

Loimaa sub-region

Salo sub-region

Turku sub-region

Vakka-Suomi sub-region

List of municipalities

Coat of
arms
MunicipalityPopulationLand area
(km2)
Density
(/km2)
Finnish
speakers
Swedish
speakers
Other
speakers
Aura.vaakuna.svg Aura 3,960954297 %1 %3 %
Kaarina.vaakuna.svg Kaarina 36,33515124188 %5 %6 %
Koski.Tl.vaakuna.svg Koski Tl 2,2081921296 %0 %5 %
Dragsfjard.vaakuna.svg Kimitoön 6,456687930 %68 %3 %
Kustavi vaakuna.svg Kustavi 949166695 %2 %4 %
Laitila vaakuna.svg Laitila 8,4395321689 %0 %10 %
Lieto vaakuna.svg Lieto 20,6353016994 %1 %4 %
Loimaa.vaakuna.svg Loimaa 15,4238481895 %0 %4 %
Marttila.vaakuna.svg Marttila 1,9311951098 %1 %3 %
Askainen.vaakuna.svg Masku 9,6161755596 %1 %3 %
Mynamaki.vaakuna.svg Mynämäki 7,5135201496 %1 %3 %
Naantali.vaakuna.svg Naantali 19,9933136495 %1 %3 %
Nousiainen.vaakuna.svg Nousiainen 4,6961992496 %1 %2 %
Oripaa.vaakuna.svg Oripää 1,3161181192 %0 %8 %
Paimio vaakuna.svg Paimio 11,2382394795 %1 %3 %
Nagu.vapen.Nauvo.vaakuna.svg Pargas 14,9938841742 %55 %4 %
Pyharanta vaakuna.svg Pyhäranta 1,9271441398 %1 %3 %
Poytyan vaakuna.svg Pöytyä 8,1337501195 %1 %5 %
Raisio.vaakuna.svg Raisio 25,3364952087 %1 %10 %
Vahto.vaakuna.svg Rusko 6,4381275195 %2 %3 %
Halikko vaakuna.svg Salo 51,0971,9872691 %1 %7 %
Sauvo.vaakuna.svg Sauvo 2,9732531292 %3 %4 %
Somero.vaakuna.svg Somero 8,4096681396 %1 %4 %
Taivassalo vaakuna.svg Taivassalo 1,7011401293 %1 %6 %
Turku.vaakuna.svg Turku 201,88924682279 %5 %14 %
Uusikaupunki.vaakuna.svg Uusikaupunki 14,9395033093 %0 %8 %
Vehmaa.vaakuna.svg Vehmaa 2,2471891295 %1 %4 %
Total490,7909,09754

85 %

3 %

9 %

Former municipalities

See also

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