Pargas

Summary

Pargas is a municipality of Finland^[1]. Pargas ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

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

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include +2009-00-00T00:00:00Z^[28] and +1870-00-00T00:00:00Z^[29].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Pargas stad'}^[30] and {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Paraisten kaupunki'}^[31]. Predecessors include Pargas^[22], Houtskär^[23], Iniö^[24], Korpo^[25], and Nagu^[26].

Why It Matters

Pargas ranks in the top 4% of municipality_of_finland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (70 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]