Parainen
town in the region of Southwest Finland, Finland
Parainen, Pargas, is a city in Southwest Finland. About 15,500 people lived there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Brändö, Sottunga, Kökar, Kemiönsaari, Sauvo, Kaarina, Turku, Naantali and Kustavi.
It was created as Väståboland on 1 January 2009, when the former municipalities of Pargas, Nagu, Korpo, Houtskär and Iniö were merged into a single municipality.
Most people speak Swedish.
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Media related to Pargas at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (in Finnish)
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