Satakunta

Satakunta is a region of , part of the former . It borders the regions of , , and .
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is a coastal city of 83,000 people in Western Finland. It was founded in 1558, making it one of the oldest cities of the country. 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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or Raumo is a town in Satakunta. The wooden houses in the centre of the old town are a UNESCO World Heritage site, as is the Bronze Age burial site Sammallahdenmäki about 20 km east of the centre.

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is a town and municipality in . It is located in the Satakunta region, 63 kilometres southeast of and 75 kilometres southwest of .

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is a town and municipality in Satakunta, Finland. The former municipality of Honkajoki, and the municipality of Jämijärvi, just to the east, are also handled in this article.

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is a town and municipality of . It is one of the six medieval cities of Finland, as well as the third oldest city in the country. was granted charter as a town by King Albert of Sweden on 7 February 1365.

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is a town in Satakunta. According to legend, the ancient Iron Age settlement of Teljä is said to have stood on the site where St. Henry's Chapel stands now.

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is a town and municipality in . It's located in the Satakunta region, 29 kilometres southeast of . The town has a population of 6,565 and covers an area of 127.74 square kilometres of which 4.28 km2 is water.

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is a municipality of . It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region, 19 kilometres southeast of .

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is a municipality of founded in 1865. is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The population is 2,133 and the municipality covers an area of 502.22 km2 of which 17.90 km2 is inland water.

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is a municipality of . It is located in the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,893 and covers an area of 332.05 square kilometres of which 30.95 km2 is water.

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is a municipality in . It is located in the Satakunta region. The neighboring municipalities are , , , and .

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is a town and municipality in Satakunta, possibly most famous for the Olkiluoto nuclear power plant.

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Eura and its surroundings is a rural area in southern Satakunta, made up of three adjacent municipalities around the lake Pyhäjärvi: Eura, Köyliö and Säkylä. This article also discusses Hinnerjoki, Honkilahti and Kiukainen, which have been merged to Eura.

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is a municipality of . It is located in the former province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region. The municipality has a population of 1,229, which make it the smallest municipality in Satakunta in terms of population.

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is a rural village and former municipality in Satakunta, , today part of . The shores of Lake Lavijärvi and Lake Velhonnokka, as well as the Huuhkajavuori hill, are examples of stunning rural scenery, not to mention fields and forests.

Satakunta

Latitude of center
61.5° or 61° 30′ north
Longitude of center
22.1667° or 22° 10′ east
Population
217,000
Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)
Geo­Names ID
831041
Wiki­data ID
Q5709
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Satakunta” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Satakunta”
  • Albanian: “Satakunta”
  • Amharic: “ሳታኩንታ”
  • Arabic: “ستاكونتا”
  • Armenian: “Սատակունա”
  • Asturian: “Satakunta”
  • Azerbaijani: “Satakunta”
  • Balinese: “Satakunta”
  • Basque: “Satakunta”
  • Belarusian: “Сатакунта”
  • Bengali: “সাতাকুন্তা”
  • Bosnian: “Satakunta”
  • Bulgarian: “Сатакунта”
  • Catalan: “Satakunta”
  • Cebuano: “Satakunta”
  • Chinese: “萨塔昆塔区”
  • Chinese: “薩塔昆塔區”
  • Czech: “Satakunta”
  • Danish: “Satakunda” (historical)
  • Dutch: “Satakunta”
  • Esperanto: “Satakunta”
  • Estonian: “Satakunta maakond”
  • Estonian: “Satakunta”
  • Finnish: “Satakunnan maakunta”
  • Finnish: “Satakunnan Maakunta”
  • Finnish: “Satakunta”
  • French: “Satakunta”
  • Galician: “Satakunta”
  • Georgian: “სატაკუნტა”
  • German: “Satakunta”
  • Greek: “Σατακούντα”
  • Gujarati: “સતકુંતા”
  • Hausa: “Satakunta”
  • Hebrew: “סאטקונטה”
  • Hindi: “सताकुंता”
  • Hungarian: “Satakunta tartomány”
  • Icelandic: “Satakunta”
  • Inari Sami: “Satakunta eennâmkodde”
  • Indonesian: “Satakunta”
  • Irish: “Satakunta”
  • Italian: “Satakunta”
  • Japanese: “サタクンタ県”
  • Javanese: “Satakunta”
  • Kannada: “ಸತಕುಂತ”
  • Kazakh: “Сатакунта”
  • Kirghiz: “Сатакунта”
  • Komi-Permyak: “Сатакунта”
  • Korean: “사타쿤타 지역”
  • Latin: “Satagundia”
  • Latvian: “Satakunta”
  • Lithuanian: “Satakunta”
  • Lombard: “Satakunta”
  • Luxembourgish: “Satakunta”
  • Malay: “Satakunta”
  • Marathi: “सातकुंडा”
  • Mazanderani: “ساتاکونتا ناحیه”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Satakunta Tōa-khu”
  • Northern Frisian: “Satakunta”
  • Northern Sami: “Satakunta eanangoddi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Satakunta”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Satakunta”
  • Norwegian: “Satakunda” (historical)
  • Norwegian: “Satakunta”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Satakunta”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Satagundland”
  • Oromo: “Satakunta”
  • Ossetian: “Сатакунтæ”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਾਤਾਕੁੰਤਾ”
  • Persian: “ساتاکونتا”
  • Polish: “Satakunta”
  • Portuguese: “Satakunta”
  • Pushto: “ساتاکونتا”
  • Romanian: “Satakunta”
  • Russian: “Сатакунта”
  • Scots: “Satakunta”
  • Serbian: “Сатакунта”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Satakunta”
  • Sinhala: “සටකුන්ටා”
  • Skolt Sami: “Satakunta mäddkåʹdd”
  • Slovak: “Satakunta”
  • Somali: “Satakunta”
  • Spanish: “Región de Satakunta”
  • Spanish: “Satakunta”
  • Swahili: “Satakunta”
  • Swedish: “Landskapet Satakunta”
  • Swedish: “Satakunda” (historical)
  • Swedish: “Satakunta”
  • Tajik: “Сатакунта”
  • Tamil: “சாட்டைக்குண்டா”
  • Tatar: “Сатакунта”
  • Telugu: “సాటుకుంట”
  • Thai: “ซาตาคุนคา”
  • Turkish: “Satakunta”
  • Ukrainian: “Сатакунта”
  • Urdu: “ساتاکونتا”
  • Uzbek: “Satakunta”
  • Vietnamese: “Satakunta”
  • Western Panjabi: “ساتاکنتا”
  • Wu Chinese: “萨塔昆塔区”
  • Yue Chinese: “薩塔昆塔”

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