Pargas

Pargas] is a small town in , the only real town in the . The town regards itself as the capital of the south-west part of the archipelago.
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  • Type: Locality with 15,500 residents
  • Description: former town and former municipality in southern Finland
  • Also known as: “Parainen (entinen kunta)”, “Paraisten kauppala”, “Paraisten kaupunki”, “Pargas köping”, “Pargas stad”, and “Vaestaboland”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Pargas Local History Museum and Pargas Church.

Museum
Photo: Esquilo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Church
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Manor estate
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is a manor estate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pargas.

Town
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is a town and municipality of , in the…

Pargas

Latitude
60.2997° or 60° 17′ 59″ north
Longitude
22.3004° or 22° 18′ 1″ east
Population
15,500
UN/LOCODE
FI PAR
Open location code
9GG478X2+V5
Geo­Names ID
7911309
Wiki­data ID
Q13405837
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Pargas” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Pargas”
  • Cebuano: “Pargas”
  • Czech: “Pargas”
  • Danish: “Väståboland”
  • Dutch: “Pargas”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Turunmaa”
  • Finnish: “Parainen”
  • French: “Pargas”
  • Icelandic: “Väståboland”
  • Irish: “Pargas”
  • Italian: “Pargas”
  • Japanese: “パルガス”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Väståboland”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Väståboland”
  • Romanian: “Pargas”
  • Russian: “Лянси-Турунмаа”
  • Russian: “Парайнен”
  • Slovenian: “Pargas”
  • Sundanese: “Länsi-Turunmaa” (historical)
  • Sundanese: “Parainen”
  • Swedish: “Pargas”
  • Swedish: “Väståboland” (historical)
  • Ukrainian: “Паргас”
  • Urdu: “پارگاس (سابقہ بلدیہ)”
  • Urdu: “پارگاس”
  • “Pargas”

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Places to explore: Södra-Centrum and Town Centre.

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