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Paimio

Pemar

Town

Paimion kaupunki
Pemars stad

Coat of arms

Location of Paimio in Finland

Country

Finland

Region

Southwest Finland

Sub-region

Turku sub-region

City rights

1997

Area

(2018-01-01)

• Total

242.26 km² (93.54 sq mi)

• Land

238.52 km² (92.09 sq mi)

• Water

3.89 km² (1.50 sq mi)

Area rank

250th largest in Finland

Population

(2023-12-31)

• Total

11,236

• Rank

87th largest in Finland

• Density

47.11/km² (122.0/sq mi)

Population by native language

• Finnish

94.5% (official)

• Swedish

0.8%

• Others

4.7%

Population by age

• 0 to 14

19.1%

• 15 to 64

58.6%

• 65 or older

22.3%

• Summer (DST)

Paimio (Finnish: [ˈpɑi̯mio]; Swedish: Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 11,236 (31 December 2023) and covers an area of 242.26 square kilometres (93.54 sq mi) of which 3.89 km² (1.50 sq mi) is water. The population density is 47.11 inhabitants per square kilometre (122.0/sq mi). The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Paimio centre is called Vista, divided by the church hill to Upper Vista (Ylä-Vista) and Lower Vista (Ala-Vista).

Important buildings
Notable persons
International relations
- Twin towns — Sister cities
See also

Important buildings

Paimio is best known for Paimio Sanatorium operating as a part of Turku University Hospital. It was built in 1932 and designed by architect Alvar Aalto and originally served as a tuberculosis sanatorium.