Country Finland Founded 1546 Time zone EET (UTC+2) Area 1,873 km² Local time Tuesday 10:51 PM Team Ekenäs IF | Sub-region Ekenäs sub-region Consolidated 2009 Climate Dfb Population 14,754 (31 Dec 2008) Region Uusimaa | |
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Ekenäs ([ˈeːkəneːs]; Finnish: Tammisaari, [ˈtɑmːisɑːri]) is a town and former municipality in Finland that included the former municipalities Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009.
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Map of Eken%C3%A4s, Finland
Ekenäs is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town had a population of 14,754 (as of 31 December 2008) and covered a land area of 726.73 square kilometres (280.59 sq mi). The population density was 20.30 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.6/sq mi).
The town is bilingual, with the majority being Swedish speakers (81%), and the minority Finnish speakers (17%).
It is noted for its archipelago, part of which is the Ekenäs Archipelago National Park. The present Neoclassical form of the Ekenäs church was designed by Italian-born architect Charles Bassi in 1839–1842 following a fire in 1821. There are two buildings in Ekenäs designed by world famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto; the Tammisaari Savings Bank (1964) and Villa Skeppet (1969), the home of Aalto's biographer, Göran Schildt.
Marianne Alopaeus an author, who wrote in Swedish, was born here in 1918.
Sub-region of Uusimaa
Ekenäs was also the name of a sub-region of Uusimaa, containing the following municipalities before 2009: