Municipality:Pargas

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Pargas (Parainen)
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The municipality of Pargas in Finland
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Coat of arms
CountryFinland
RegionLounais-Suomi
Number of zones136
Maximum PPH320
Last updated2021-01-31


Pargas (Finnish: Parainen) is a small town in the region of Lounais-Suomi (Southwestern Finland) in Finland. The town has about 15 000 inhabitant and is part of the county Varsinais-Suomi. It was created on January 1, 2009 when the municipalities of Pargas, Nagu, Korpo, Houtskär and Iniö were merged into a single municipality.

The municipality has a population of 15,225 (31 January 2019) and covers an area of 5,548.17 square kilometres (2,142.16 sq mi) of which 4,666.46 km2 (1,801.73 sq mi) is water. The population density is 17.27 inhabitants per square kilometre (44.7/sq mi).

The town is bilingual with a majority (57.6%) speaking Swedish as their native language.

Zones

There are 136 turfzones in Pargas, where 25 are counted as Winner zones, three Water zones, one Nationalpark zone, one Monument zone, seven Holy zones, two Bridge zones and one Ruin zone.

The most taken zone is SpagettiZone which is located on Köpmansgatan in central Pargas.

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.

The zones in Pargas are best taken with bicycle and you can rent one here during the summer season Solliden.

Tourist Zones

Zontyp02.png Winner zones

Zontyp03.png Water zones

Zontyp05.png Nationalpark zones

Zontyp06.png Monument zones

Zontyp07.png Holy zones

Zontyp09.png Bridge zones

Zontyp11.png Ruin zones

Other zones

Updated: 2021-01-31

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