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Pojo, Finland

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Pojo
Pohja
Former municipality
Pohja Church
Pohja Church
Coat of arms of Pojo
Coat of arms
Location of Pojo in Finland
Location of Pojo in Finland
Map
Interactive map of Pojo
Pojo is located in Uusimaa
Pojo
Pojo
Location within Uusimaa
Pojo is located in Finland
Pojo
Pojo
Location within Finland
Pojo is located in Europe
Pojo
Pojo
Location within Europe
Coordinates: 60°06′N 023°31.5′E / 60.100°N 23.5250°E / 60.100; 23.5250
CountryFinland
RegionUusimaa
Sub-regionEkenäs sub-region
Consolidated2009
Area
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 • Total
266.13 km2 (102.75 sq mi)
 • Land224.66 km2 (86.74 sq mi)
 • Water41.47 km2 (16.01 sq mi)
Population
 (2008-12-31)[2]
 • Total
4,936
 • Density21.97/km2 (56.90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
ClimateDfb

Pojo (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈpu:ju]; Finnish: Pohja, Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpohjɑ]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Ekenäs and Karis to form the new town of Raseborg in 2009.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 4,936 (as of 31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 224.66 square kilometres (86.74 sq mi).[1] The population density was 21.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (56.9/sq mi).

The former municipality was bilingual, with majority being Finnish (60%) and minority Swedish (40%) speakers. Pohja is one of the birthplaces of the Finnish metal industry. Fiskars Corporation was founded near Pohja in 1649 and remains the largest employer in municipality area to date.

Name

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Intersection with a road sign pointing toward Pojo/Pohja (2019)

The locality is first documented in written sources under its Swedish name: Poyæ (1335), Poijo (1351), Poija (1359), and Pojo (1427). The Finnish name appears later, first recorded as Pohjan pitäjä (“the parish of Pohja”) in 1848.[3]

The centre of the historical parish is located at the innermost end ("bottom") of the bay known in Finnish as Pohjanpitäjänlahti (also Pohjanlahti). The place name refers to this geographical position; in this context Finnish pohja means "bottom" or "innermost part of a bay",[3][4] comparable to the German term Bodden. The name was apparently given by early settlers from Häme, for whom the bay constituted an important waterway toward the Baltic Sea. Swedish-speaking settlers adopted the name in the form Pojo, which subsequently became the established form in Swedish usage. Before it was used as the name of the parish, it likely referred to the central settlement. The modern Finnish form Pohja represents a back-formation based on the Swedish name.[3]

Villages

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Villages located within the former municipality are: Antkärr, Antskog (fi. Ansku), Baggby, Billnäs (fi. Pinjainen), Björsby, Bockboda, Bollstad,[5] Borgby,[6] Brunkom, Brödtorp, Böle,[7] Dalkarby, Degernäs, Ekerö, Elimo, Fiskars, Forsby,[8] Gammelby,[9] Gennäs, Grabbskog, Grännäs,[10] Gumnäs, Gästerby, Hindraböle, Hällskulla, Järnvik, Kila,[11] Klinkbacka, Kockböle (en del av Persböle), Koppskog, Kvarnby,[12] Kyrkbacka,[13] Lillfors, Munckbacka, Mörby, Nygård, Näsby, Pentby, Persböle, Ramskulla, Sidsbacka, Sjösäng, Skarpkulla, Skogböle (fi. Kuovila), Skogäng, Skrittskog, Skuru, Slicko, Sonabacka, Spakanäs, Starrböle, Stålbacka, Sunnanvik, Svedjeby, Sällvik, Torby, Trädbollstad, Åminne[14] and Åminnefors.[15]

Notable residents

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2008" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Population by municipality as of 31 December 2008". Population Information System (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 23 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Paikkala, Sirkka (2007). Paikkala, Sirkka (ed.). Suomalainen paikannimikirja (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten keskus. p. 341. ISBN 978-952-5446-96-8.
  4. ↑ "Pojo Pojo, Nyland, senare Raseborg". Finlandssvenska bebyggelsenamn (in Swedish). Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
  5. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  9. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  15. ↑ Genealogiska samfundet i Finland. (in Swedish) Läst 4 december 2014.
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