Pargas

Summary

Pargas is a municipality of Finland^[1]. Pargas ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pargas is located in Southwest Finland^[3].
• Pargas is in the country of Finland^[4].
• Pargas's instance of is recorded as municipality of Finland^[5].
• Pargas's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Pargas's instance of is recorded as town^[7].
• Pargas's official language is recorded as Swedish^[8].
• Pargas's official language is recorded as Finnish^[9].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Turku^[10].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Piikkiö^[11].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Sauvo^[12].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Kimitoön^[13].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Kustavi^[14].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Brändö^[15].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Kökar^[16].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Naantali^[17].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Sottunga^[18].
• Pargas's shares border with is recorded as Kaarina^[19].
• Pargas followed Pargas^[20].
• Pargas followed Houtskär^[21].
• Pargas followed Iniö^[22].
• Pargas followed Korpo^[23].
• Pargas followed Nagu^[24].
• Pargas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ulstein Municipality^[25].
• Pargas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Haninge Municipality^[26].
• Pargas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chudovo^[27].

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 2009^[28] and 1870^[29].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Pargas stad'}^[30] and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Paraisten kaupunki'}^[31]. Predecessors include Pargas^[20], Houtskär^[21], Iniö^[22], Korpo^[23], and Nagu^[24].

Why It Matters

Pargas ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (147 views/month).^[2] Pargas has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Pargas is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]