Paattinen is a village

Village

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 in south-west Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 and a district

District

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 of the city of Turku

Turku

Turku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...

. It is located to the north of the city, and is the largest of the city's districts by area. It borders the neighbouring municipalities of Vahto

Vahto

Vahto is a former municipality of Finland. It was consolidated with Rusko on January 1, 2009.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 1,876 and covered an area of 77.10 km² of which 0.02 km² is water...

, Nousiainen

Nousiainen

Nousiainen is a municipality of Finland. The seat of the bishop of Finland was in Nousis in the early 13th century.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of...

, Mynämäki

Mynämäki

Mynämäki 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 and covers an area of ofwhich is water. The population density is....

, Pöytyä

Pöytyä

Pöytyä 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 and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

, Aura

Aura, Finland

Aura is a municipality of Finland. The name derives from the river Aura and the plough reminiscent shape of the municipality. The municipality was established in 1917 from parts of Lieto and Pöytyä....

 and Lieto

Lieto

Lieto 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 and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

. It is rather sparsely populated, and has a population of only 2,430 despite being much larger than any other of the city's districts. Paattinen has an annual population growth rate of 0.99%.

20.21% of the district's population are under 15 years old, while 15.31% are over 65. The district's linguistic

Language

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 makeup is 98.40% Finnish, 1.03% Swedish, and 0.58% other, making Paattinen one of the most homogeneous districts in Turku.

Paattinen is also a former municipality of Finland. It is the most recent municipality to be annexed

Annexation

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 to Turku, in 1973.

See also

• Districts of Turku
  Districts of Turku
  The city of Turku, Finland is divided into nine wards , which in turn are divided into 78 non-governmental districts . These are composed of individual suburbs, and in the very centre of the city, sectors of the central business district are identified by Roman numerals...
  
  
• Districts of Turku by population
  Districts of Turku by population
  This is a list of the districts of Turku, Finland, sorted by population .# Runosmäki , 10,269# Varissuo , 8,760# VII, 8,749# Nummi , 7,011# VI, 6,187# I, 6,177# VIII - Port Arthur, 4,760...