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| Founded | 1346 | ||||
| Province | Southern Finland | ||||
| Region | Eastern Uusimaa | ||||
| Sub-region | Porvoo | ||||
| Area - Of which land - Rank |
663.71 km² 654.41 km² ranked 138th | ||||
| Population - Density - Change - Rank |
46,793 (2004) 71.5 inh./km² + 1.2% ranked 17th | ||||
| Urbanisation | 84.8% | ||||
| Unemployment | 8.3% | ||||
| Official languages | Finnish, Swedish | ||||
| City Manager | Per-Håkan Slotte | ||||
| Home page | http://www.porvoo.fi | ||||
Porvoo (IPA: ) in Finnish or Borgå in Swedish, is a municipality situated on the southern coast of Finland approximately 50 kilometres east of Helsinki. The town received its name from a Swedish earth fortress near the river Porvoonjoki which flows through the town (Swedish Borgå, borg meaning castle and å river). Porvoo is one of the six medieval towns in Finland, first mentioned as a city in texts from 14th century. Porvoo is the seat of the Swedish speaking Diocese of Borgå.
History
Porvoo was founded 1346. When Sweden lost the city of Viipuri to Russia in 1721, the episcopal seat was moved to Porvoo. At this time, Porvoo was the second largest city in Finland. After the conquest of Finland by Russian armies in 1808 Sweden had to cede Finland to Russia in 1809 (the Treaty of Hamina). The Diet of Porvoo in 1809 was a landmark in the History of Finland. The Tsar Alexander I confirmed the new Finnish constitution (which was essentially the Swedish constitution from 1772), and made Finland an autonomous Grand Duchy.
Sites of interest
The town is famed for its many wooden buildings, and for the medieval Porvoo Cathedral which gave its name to the Porvoo Communion - an inter-church agreement between a number of Anglican and Lutheran denominations. The cathedral was damaged by fire on 29 May 2006, but the interior is largely intact. The wooden storage buildings on the riverside are a proposed UNESCO world heritage site.
Villages
Suomenkylä
Suomenkylä is a village north of the center of Porvoo and beside the Porvoo river. Suomenkylä has an old school founded by Linnankoski in 1898. The village of Suomenkylä has also two burial places from bronze age.
Notable natives
- Albert Edelfelt, painter
- Sami Hyypiä, soccer player
- Ville Vallgren, sculptor
- Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia, Romanov Dynast
- Johan Ludvig Runeberg, National poet
- Remu Aaltonen, musician
- Hanna Ek, Miss Finland 2005
Trivia
Porvoo is the only Finnish place having two astronomical objects named after it. 1757 Porvoo is a small main belt asteroid and Porvoo is a 9.8 km crater located in the northern part of Argyre Planitia in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
Twin towns
- Dalvík, Iceland
- Dinkelsbühl, Germany
- Hamar, Norway
- Hancock, Michigan, USA
- Kamien Pomorski, Poland
- Lund, Sweden
- Tyresö, Sweden
- Ventspils, Latvia
- Viborg, Denmark
- Viimsi, Estonia
- Viljandi, Estonia
External links
- Porvoo - Official site
- Template:Wikitravel
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60°24′N 25°40′E / 60.400°N 25.667°E / 60.400; 25.667
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