Karis

Karis is a town and former municipality in . On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of .
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  • Type: Town with 9,000 residents
  • Description: former town and municipality of Finland, now part of Raseborg
  • Also known as: “Karis kommun”, “Karis köping”, “Karis stad”, “Karja”, “Karjaa linn”, “Karjaan kauppala”, “Karjaan kaupunki”, “Karjaan kunta”, and “Каріс”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Karis railway station and Karis Church.

Railway station
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The is a railway station in the…

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Snappertuna and Pojo.

Town
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is a former municipality of which was located in the province of Uusimaa. is situated 8 km south of Karis.

Town
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is a former municipality of . is situated 8 km west of Karis.

Village
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Raseborg is a municipality of 27,000 people covering… is situated 10 km northwest of Karis.

Karis

Latitude
60.07049° or 60° 4′ 14″ north
Longitude
23.663° or 23° 39′ 47″ east
Population
9,000
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
UN/LOCODE
FI KJA
Open location code
9GG53MC7+55
Open­Street­Map ID
node 30969629
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
654047
Wiki­data ID
Q990581
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Mari—“Karis” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Karis”
  • Cebuano: “Karis”
  • Chinese: “卡里斯”
  • Danish: “Karis”
  • Dutch: “Karis”
  • Esperanto: “Karis”
  • Estonian: “Karis”
  • Estonian: “Karise linn”
  • Finnish: “Karjaa”
  • French: “Karis”
  • Galician: “Karis”
  • German: “Karis”
  • Inari Sami: “Karjaa”
  • Irish: “Karis”
  • Italian: “Karis”
  • Japanese: “カリス”
  • Korean: “카르야”
  • Korean: “카리스”
  • Northern Sami: “Karjaa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karis”
  • Norwegian: “Karis”
  • Polish: “Karis”
  • Romanian: “Karis”
  • Russian: “Карис”
  • Russian: “Карьяа”
  • Swedish: “Karis”
  • Turkish: “Karis”
  • Ukrainian: “Карйc”
  • Urdu: “کاریس”
  • Vietnamese: “Karis”
  • Western Mari: “Карьяа”
  • “Karis”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Råckers and Kila.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Karis resecenter and Karis bibliotek.

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