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Karis stad - Karjaan kaupunki


Coat of Arms	Location

Founded

1930 (gained city rights in 1977)

Ekenäs

Area
- Of which land
- Rank

214.99 km²
197.44 km²
ranked 328th

Population
- Density
- Change
- Rank

8,977 (2004)
45.5 inh./km²
- 0.1%
ranked 119th

80.5%

9.1%

Official languages

Kaj Lindholm

Home page

Karis (IPA: /kɑːrɪs/), or Karjaa (/ˈkɑrjɑː/) in Finnish, is a municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 8,977 (2004-12-31) and covers an area of 214.99 km² of which 17.55 km² is water. The population density is 45.47 inhabitants per km².

The municipality is bilingual, with a majority (61%) being Swedish and a minority (38%) Finnish speakers.

The town has a railway station on VR's main Helsinki-Turku line. Karis station is also the junction for the branch line to Hanko.

Pumpviken, a park in the middle of Karis. Pumpviken, a park in the middle of Karis.

v t e Municipalities of Uusimaa
Municipalities	Askola Espoo Hanko Helsinki Hyvinkää Ingå Järvenpää Karkkila Kauniainen Kerava Kirkkonummi Lapinjärvi Lohja Loviisa Mäntsälä Myrskylä Nurmijärvi Pornainen Porvoo Pukkila Raseborg Sipoo Siuntio Tuusula Vantaa Vihti
Former municipalities	Bromarv Degerby Ekenäs Ekenäs landskommun Haaga Huopalahti Hyvinkään maalaiskunta Karis Karjalohja Karjaan maalaiskunta Kulosaari Liljendal Lohjan kunta Nummi Nummi-Pusula Oulunkylä Pernå Pohja Porvoon maalaiskunta Pusula Ruotsinpyhtää Sammatti Snappertuna Tenala
Uusimaa Finland

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