West Coast
Satakunta
Pori

Pori

Pori is a coastal city of 83,000 people in Western Finland. It was founded in 1558, making it one of the oldest cities in Finland. Pori is a traditional industrial city, with its former wealth and prominence showing in the Neo-Renaissance buildings in the centre and in several beautiful red-bricked industrial facilities alongside the Kokemäenjoki river.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Noormarkku Church and Villa Mairea.

Church
Photo: EskoG, CC BY-SA 3.0.

House
Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0.
is a villa, guest-house, and rural retreat designed and built by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Noormarkku.

Town
Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and was part of the Satakunta region. The municipality had a population of 6,158 and covered an area of 332.06 square kilometres of which 15.2 km2 is water.

Pori

Latitude
61.5748° or 61° 34′ 29″ north
Longitude
21.8594° or 21° 51′ 34″ east
Population
83,500
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
9GH3HVF5+WQ
Geo­Names ID
641000
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Danish to Swedish—“Pori” goes by many names.
  • Danish: “Björneborg”
  • Finnish: “Pori”
  • Finnish: “Porin Kaupunki”
  • Greek: “Arctopolis”
  • Norwegian: “Björneborg”
  • Swedish: “Björneborg”
  • Swedish: “Björneborgs Stad”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Teerikallio and Lempiönjärvi.

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Pori”. Photo: Legron26, CC BY-SA 4.0.