Ekenäs, Finland

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Ekenäs
Ekenäs – Tammisaari
Municipality
Ekenäs Town
Ekenäs stad
Tammisaaren kaupunki
An alley in Ekenäs
An alley in Ekenäs
Coat of arms of Ekenäs
Coat of arms
Location of Ekenäs in Finland
Location of Ekenäs in Finland
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Country Finland
Region Uusimaa
Sub-region Ekenäs sub-region
Founded 1546
Consolidated 2009
Area[1]
 • Total 1,873.38 km2 (723.32 sq mi)
 • Land 726.73 km2 (280.59 sq mi)
 • Water 1,146.65 km2 (442.72 sq mi)
Population (2008-12-31)[2]
 • Total 14,754
 • Density 20.3/km2 (53/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Finnish 17% (official)
 • Swedish 81% (official)
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
 • Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)

Ekenäs (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈeːkəneːs]; Finnish: Tammisaari, [ˈtɑmːisɑːri]) is a town and former municipality in Finland that included the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009.

Ekenäs is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town had a population of 14,754 (as of 31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 726.73 square kilometres (280.59 sq mi).[1] The population density was 20.30 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.6/sq mi).

The town is bilingual, with the majority being Swedish speakers (81%), and the minority Finnish speakers (17%).

It is noted for its archipelago, part of which is the Ekenäs Archipelago National Park. The present Neoclassical form of the Ekenäs church was designed by Italian-born architect Charles (Carlo) Bassi in 1839–1842 following a fire in 1821. There are two buildings in Ekenäs designed by world famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto; the Tammisaari Savings Bank (1964) and Villa Skeppet (1969), the home of Aalto's biographer, Göran Schildt.

Marianne Alopaeus an author, who wrote in Swedish, was born here in 1918.

Sub-region of Uusimaa

Ekenäs was also the name of a sub-region of Uusimaa, containing the following municipalities before 2009:

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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

  • Tammisaaren kirkko.JPG

    Charles Bassi, Ekenäs church

  • Tammisaari etelasta.jpg

    Ekenäs seen from south

  • Alvar Aalto, Tammisaari Savings Bank.JPG

    Alvar Aalto, Tammisaari Savings Bank

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