Ekenäs

town and former municipality in Finland, now part of Raseborg
Organization town Q1004838
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Ekenäs

Summary

Ekenäs is a town[1]. Ekenäs ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ekenäs is located in Raseborg[3].
  • Ekenäs is in the country of Finland[4].
  • Ekenäs's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Ekenäs's instance of is recorded as urban area[6].
  • Ekenäs's instance of is recorded as former municipality of Finland[7].
  • Ekenäs followed Ekenäs landskommun[8].
  • Ekenäs followed Snappertuna[9].
  • Ekenäs followed Tenala[10].
  • Ekenäs was followed by Raseborg[11].
  • Ekenäs's legislative body is recorded as Ekenäs city council[12].
  • Ekenäs's Commons category is recorded as Ekenäs[13].
  • 1564 marks the founding of Ekenäs[14].
  • Ekenäs's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59.975, 'lon': 23.436111111111}[15].
  • Ekenäs's official website is recorded as http://www.ekenas.fi/[16].
  • Ekenäs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ekenäs[17].
  • Ekenäs's Commons gallery is recorded as Ekenäs[18].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14754'}[19].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14617'}[20].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14632'}[21].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14560'}[22].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14517'}[23].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14488'}[24].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14521'}[25].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14566'}[26].
  • Ekenäs has a population of {'amount': '+14693'}[27].

Body

Founding

1564 marks the founding of Ekenäs[14].

Identity

Ekenäs's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Tammisaari'}[28]. Predecessors include Ekenäs landskommun[8], Snappertuna[9], and Tenala[10]. Ekenäs was followed by Raseborg[11].

Why It Matters

Ekenäs ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (62 views/month).[2] Ekenäs has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Ekenäs is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . vrk.fi. vrk.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . kuntaliitto.fi. Retrieved . kuntaliitto.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Loser12user · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country Finland, Sweden
    Legislative body Ekenäs city council
    Followed by
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Raseborg, Raseborg sub-region, Uusimaa Province
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q33]]"
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