16-650: ASPO or Aspo may refer to: Places [ edit ] Aspö Islands , a group of islands in the Pargas municipality of southern Finland Aspö , a village on the islands Aspö, Karlskrona , an island outside Karlskrona, Sweden Organisations [ edit ] American Society of Preventive Oncology , a multidisciplinary learned society dedicated to cancer prevention American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics, now known as Lamaze International Association of
32-597: A historical function. In historic times, in the area of the present Southern Finland lived three tribes, which were the Finns proper , the Tavastians and the Karelians . The southwestern part of the country, the province where the Finns proper lived, was simply called Finland (Finnish: Suomi ). In the 17th century the name began to be used to refer to the whole land and a specified name for
48-460: A new name, and Pargas insisted on a change, so the state had to step in and decided that the name would be Väståboland . The debates became heated and a referendum was arranged to decide what name the municipality should have in May 2011. The result of the referendum showed that 57,7% of the voters supported Pargas and 40.1% of voters supported Väståboland . Though the overall majority supported changing
64-540: A re-vote on 6 September 2011 with 25 votes for Pargas , 17 for Väståboland and 1 blank vote. The possibility of merging with Kimitoön to form a single municipality that would include the entire Åboland archipelago has been discussed since 2007, with interest being reignited by the healthcare reforms during the Sipilä Cabinet . Pargas has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ) closely bordering on an oceanic climate ( Cfb ). Pargas
80-500: Is twinned with: [REDACTED] Media related to Pargas at Wikimedia Commons Southwest Finland Southwest Finland is since 2019 the official name in English for the region in the southwest of Finland hitherto known as Finland Proper . In Finnish and Swedish, the region still retains the previous name ( Finnish : Varsinais-Suomi , IPA: [ˈʋɑrs̠inɑi̯s̠ˌs̠uo̞̯mi] ; Swedish : Egentliga Finland ). It borders
96-472: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pargas Pargas ( Finnish : Parainen ) is a town and municipality of Finland , in the Archipelago Sea , the biggest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, 50,000. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry and except for the central parts, the municipality
112-585: Is still mostly rural. Pargas is located in Åboland in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region . It was created as Väståboland on 1 January 2009 in Southwest Finland , when the municipalities of Pargas , Nagu , Korpo , Houtskär and Iniö were merged into a single municipality. The municipality has a population of 14,907 (31 October 2024) and covers an area of 5,548.17 square kilometres (2,142.16 sq mi) of which 4,666.46 km (1,801.73 sq mi)
128-437: Is water. The population density is 16.86 inhabitants per square kilometre (43.7/sq mi). Pargas is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 41% Finnish speakers, 54% Swedish speakers, and 5% speakers of other languages. Pargas has a large limestone industry, with the industry and Nordkalk as an important local employer, agriculture employs many in
144-796: The Archipelago Sea and groves. 80% of Finland's insect species can be found in Southwest Finland. There are around 20,000 islands near the coast. The southernmost point of Southwest Finland and the southernmost inhabited island is Utö . Its highest point is 164 meters in Kiikala . The region uses the coat of arms of the historical province of Finland Proper . The region of Southwest Finland consists of 27 municipalities , 11 of which have city status (marked in bold). Loimaa sub-region : Turku sub-region : Åboland–Turunmaa sub-region : Salo sub-region : Vakka-Suomi sub-region : 84 % 6 % As of 2020, Southwest Finland had
160-803: The Scouts of the Penza Oblast (Ассоциация Скаутов Пензенской области), Scouting in Russia Association for the Study of Peak Oil, researchers on Peak oil Army Space Program Office , United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command Apollo Spacecraft Program Office , NASA Aspo (company) , Finland ( fi:Aspo ) ASPO Tours , French basketball club ( fr:ASPO Tours (basket-ball) ) Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory , Sweden Entertainment [ edit ] About Some Precioux Oldies , French band which has toured with Alton Ellis Topics referred to by
176-643: The lesser Finland was required. The first notes Fennigia specialiter dicta and Fennigia presse dicta were recorded in Latin in the 1650s, and the Swedish Finland för sig sielft and Egenteliga Finland later in the 18th century. The modern form Egentliga Finland was in official use at the end of the century, and the Finnish term Varsinais-Suomi became established only around the 1850s. Southwest Finland's nature differs from other regions. The most notable biotopes are
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#1733086045709192-580: The name, there was an overwhelming support for the name Väståboland in 4 out of 5 of the former municipalities. In Iniö , only 1 voter out of 173 total voted for Pargas , in all four, 62 out of 2060, while in Pargas proper, 74,5% voted for Pargas . The municipality council ( Swedish : "Fullmäktige" ) decided on 14 June 2011 in favour of the majority population and decided to rename the municipality Pargas on 1 January 2012. The Council considered taking this issue up again for debate and vote. The council made
208-499: The position in contemporary Finland. On 1 January 2009, Pargas , Nagu , Korpo , Houtskär and Iniö merged to form the new municipality of Väståboland ( Finnish : Länsi-Turunmaa ). Shortly after the merge, people started debating if the Väståboland name was the right name for the merged municipality; those arguing against the Väståboland name proposed Pargas as a 'new' name. The former municipalities could not agree on
224-404: The regions of Satakunta , Pirkanmaa , Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme) , Uusimaa , and Åland . The region's capital and most populous city is Turku , which was the capital city of Finland before Helsinki . The area is largely the same as the historical province of Finland Proper , so named because it is the original home of the tribe known as the Finns proper. The name of Finland Proper has
240-494: The rural regions of the municipality. Furthermore, the shipping industry is a relevant industry in the region. The municipality is suffering from high debt. Archaeological excavations revealed that the vikings used to travel to the archipelago in the 9th century. Karin Thomasdotter (1610–1697), who served as vogt in Pargas for over forty years, was one of the longest serving vogts, and also one of only two females to have
256-404: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ASPO . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ASPO&oldid=910035375 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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