Tammisaari, townhall

Tammisaari, townhall

Ekenäs, Finland
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Ekenäs
Ekenäs – Tammisaari
Former municipality
Ekenäs stad
Tammisaaren kaupunki
Ekenäs Town
An alley in Ekenäs
An alley in Ekenäs
Coat of arms of Ekenäs
Coat of arms
Location of Ekenäs in Finland
Location of Ekenäs in Finland
Coordinates: 59°58.5?N 023°26?ECoordinates: 59°58.5?N 023°26?E
Country Finland
Region Uusimaa
Sub-region Ekenäs sub-region
Founded 1546
Consolidated 2009
Area[1]
• Total 1,873.38 km2 (723.32 sq mi)
• Land 726.73 km2 (280.59 sq mi)
• Water 1,146.65 km2 (442.72 sq mi)
Population (2008-12-31)[2]
• Total 14,754
Population by native language
• Finnish 17% (official)
• Swedish 81% (official)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST)
Climate Dfb
Ekenäs (Finland Swedish: [?e?kene?s] (About this soundlisten); Finnish: Tammisaari [?t?m?is??ri]) is a town and former municipality in Finland that comprised the former municipalities of Snappertuna and Tenala together with the town of Ekenäs. It was merged with Pohja and Karis to form the new municipality of Raseborg on January 1, 2009.

Ekenäs is in the province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa region. The town had a population of 14,754 (as of 31 December 2008)[2] and covered a land area of 726.73 square kilometres (280.59 sq mi).[1] The population density was 20.30 inhabitants per square kilometre (52.6/sq mi).

The town is bilingual, with the majority being Swedish speakers (81%), and the minority Finnish speakers (17%).

It is noted for its archipelago, part of which is the Ekenäs Archipelago National Park. The present Neoclassical form of the Ekenäs church was designed by Italian-born architect Charles Bassi in 1839–1842 following a fire in 1821. There are two buildings in Ekenäs designed by world famous Finnish architect Alvar Aalto; the Ekenäs Savings Bank (1964) and Villa Skeppet (1969), the home of Aalto's biographer, Göran Schildt.

The author Marianne Alopaeus, who wrote in Swedish, was born in Ekenäs in 1918.