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Parainen (Pargas in Swedish): Finland

Pargas (Parainen in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 12,001 (2003) and covers an area of 272.79 km² of which 1.19 km² is water. The population density is 44.2 inhabitants per km². The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.

Närpes (in Swedish, Närpiö in Finnish): Finland

Närpes (in Swedish, Närpiö in Finnish): Finland

Kaskinen (Kaskö in Swedish): Finland

Kaskinen (Kaskö in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 1,558 (2003) and covers an area of 10.23 km² of which 0.15 km² is water. The population density is 152.3 inhabitants per km². The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Finnish and minority Swedish speakers. Kaskinen is the smallest town in Finland.

Mariehamn (in Swedish, Maarianhamina in Finnish): Finland

Mariehamn is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. As of 31 January 2005 the population of Mariehamn was 10,716 — almost half of the population of Åland lives there. The area of Mariehamn municipality is 11 km². The town, founded in 1861, was named after Marie Alexandrovna, the Empress consort of Alexander II of Russia. Its name in Finnish — as sometimes given on maps and in other Finnish-language documents — is Maarianhamina. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland. Like all of Åland, Mariehamn is unilingually Swedish-speaking and around 91% of the inhabitants have

Karjaa: Finland

Karis (Karjaa in Finnish) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality has a population of 8,990 (2003) and covers an area of 214.99 km² of which 17.55 km² is water. The population density is 41.8 inhabitants per km². The municipality is bilingual, with majority being Swedish and minority Finnish speakers.