Kuusisto

Kuusisto is an island and former municipality in , Finland. The island is about 12 km long and 2 km wide. Its main attraction is .
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Photo: Ekhoc, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Farm
  • Description: island and former municipality in Kaarina, Finland
  • Also known as: “Kusto” and “Kuusisto (island)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kuusisto castle and Piikkiö railway station.

Photo: Kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was a medieval episcopal castle on the island of Kuusisto in , , near . The castle was probably built in the early 14th century, although the site seems to have been a bishop's residence by the 1290s.

Railway station
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Piikkiön rautatieasema is a railway station in the municipality of , , near , . It was opened in 1889. The station building, designed by a Finnish architect Bruno Granholm was built in 1888 and later expanded in 1922. is situated 3½ km northeast of Kuusisto.

Museum
Photo: AB, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km north of Kuusisto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Piikkiö and Littoinen.

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, is a former municipality of . was consolidated with on 1 January 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the region.

Town
Photo: Kalajoki, Public domain.
is a in south-western Finland, centred on Lake . The village is shared between the town of and the municipality of , and it borders the regional centre of . is situated 6 km northwest of Kuusisto.

Suburb
is a district in the Itäharju-Varissuo ward of the city of , in . It is located to the east of the city centre, and consists mainly of a strip of low-density residential area between the more densely built suburbs of and . is situated 7 km northwest of Kuusisto.

Kuusisto

Latitude
60.40397° or 60° 24′ 14″ north
Longitude
22.46654° or 22° 27′ 60″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
9GG4CF38+HJ
Geo­Names ID
649849
Wiki­data ID
Q1794747
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Kuusisto” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kuusisto”
  • Danish: “Kustö”
  • Danish: “Kuusisto”
  • Dutch: “Kuusisto”
  • Finnish: “Kuusisto”
  • French: “Kuusisto”
  • German: “Kustö”
  • German: “Kuusisto”
  • Icelandic: “Kustö”
  • Japanese: “クーシスト”
  • Japanese: “クーシスト島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kustö”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kustø”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kuusisto”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kustö”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kuusisto”
  • Norwegian: “Kustö”
  • Swedish: “Kustö”
  • Swedish: “Kuusisto”
  • Turkish: “Kustö”
  • Turkish: “Kuusisto”
  • Ukrainian: “Куусісто”
  • “Kuusisto”

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