Southwest Finland
Finland Proper | |
|---|---|
| Region of Finland Proper Varsinais-Suomen maakunta Landskapet Egentliga Finland | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Finland Proper on a map of Finland | |
| Country | Finland |
| Historical province | Finland Proper |
| Capital | Turku |
| Other towns | Kaarina, Laitila, Loimaa, Naantali, Paimio, Pargas, Raisio, Salo, Somero and Uusikaupunki |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,910.05 km2 (4,212.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 485,567 |
| • Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €16.219 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €34,252 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| ISO 3166 code | FI-19 |
| NUTS | 183 |
| Regional animal | Red fox |
| Regional bird | Western jackdaw |
| Regional fish | Baltic herring |
| Regional flower | Oak |
| Regional stone | Red granite |
| Regional lake | Pyhäjärvi |
| Website | varsinais-suomi.fi |
Southwest Finland is since 2019[2] the official name in English for the region in the southwest of Finland hitherto known as Finland Proper. In Finnish and Swedish, the region still retains the previous name (Finnish: Varsinais-Suomi, IPA: [ˈʋɑrs̠inɑi̯s̠ˌs̠uo̞̯mi]; Swedish: Egentliga Finland). It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The region's capital and most populous city is Turku, which was the capital city of Finland before Helsinki.
The area is largely the same as the historical province of Finland Proper, so named because it is the original home of the tribe known as the Finns proper.
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Alueluokitusmuutokset 1.1.2019 | Tilastokeskus" [Changes in regional classification on 1 January 2019] (in Finnish). Stat.fi. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2022.