Pohja Pohja –Pojo | |
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Former municipality | |
| Pohja Pojo | |
 Pohja Church | |
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 Location of Pohja inFinland | |
| Coordinates:60°06′N023°31.5′E / 60.100°N 23.5250°E /60.100; 23.5250 | |
| Country | Finland |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Ekenäs sub-region |
| Consolidated | 2009 |
| Area | |
• Total | 266.13 km2 (102.75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 224.66 km2 (86.74 sq mi) |
| • Water | 41.47 km2 (16.01 sq mi) |
| Population (2008-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,936 |
| • Density | 21.97/km2 (56.90/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Climate | Dfb |
Pohja (Finnish pronunciation:[ˈpohjɑ];Swedish:Pojo (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈpu:ju])) is aformer municipality ofFinland. It was consolidated withEkenäs andKaris to form the new town ofRaseborg in 2009.
It is located in theprovince ofSouthern Finland and is part of theUusimaaregion. 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] Thepopulation density was 21.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (56.9/sq mi).
The municipality wasbilingual, with majority beingFinnish (60%) and minoritySwedish (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.
Villages located within the former Pohja municipality and which now belong to the city of Raseborg are: Antkärr,Antskog (fi.Ansku), Baggby,Billnäs (fi.Pinjainen),Björsby, Bockboda, Bollstad,[3]Borgby,[4] Brunkom,Brödtorp,Böle,[5]Dalkarby,Degernäs, Ekerö, Elimo,Fiskars,Forsby,[6]Gammelby,[7]Gennäs, Grabbskog,Grännäs,[8] Gumnäs,Gästerby, Hindraböle, Hällskulla, Järnvik,Kila,[9] Klinkbacka, Kockböle (en del av Persböle), Koppskog,Kvarnby,[10]Kyrkbacka,[11] 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[12] andÅminnefors.[13]
The River of Fiskars flowed through the former municipality and Flacksjö is a lake.Please note, however, that Pohja Manor is located in the city of Salo.
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