Suvisaaristo
Sommaröarna | |
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 Location of Suvisaaristo within Espoo | |
| Coordinates: 60°07′N 24°43′E / 60.117°N 24.717°E | |
| Country | Finland |
| Municipality | Espoo |
| Region | Uusimaa |
| Sub-region | Greater Helsinki |
| Main District | Suur-Espoonlahti |
| Inner District(s) | Bergö, Furuholm, Kopplorna, Lehtisaaret, Lilla Pentala, Moisö, Pentala, Ramsö, Skataholmen, Stora Bodö, Svartholmen, Svinö |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 566 |
| Languages | |
| • Finnish | 63.6 % |
| • Swedish | 35.2 % |
| • Other | 1.2 % |
| Jobs | 57 |
Suvisaaristo (Finnish) or Sommaröarna (Swedish) is a maritime district in Espoo, Finland, districts number 451 and 452, and an archipelago in the Gulf of Finland, directly in front of a peninsula in Soukka, in the southwestern corner of Espoo.
Inhabitants of Suvisaaristo have always been an active people, and there are nine registered communities on the islands, the most numerous of which are the yacht club ESF, the canoe club Canoa, the youth club SViE, the local free fire brigade, and the district inhabitant community Sommarö Society, whose work resulted in Suvisaaristo getting its own water cooperative in 1999, after the city of Espoo refused to pay the costs of a water network, because of the expenses resulting from such a loosely populated district. The network was implemented with a new technology, a pressurised sewer, which is more ecological than the traditional solution.
The Uusimaa region council chose Suvisaaristo as the Uusimaa Village of the Year in 2007.[1]
The YTV regional bus line 145 goes to the end of Suvisaaristontie one or two times every hour. A local shop can be found a hundred metres after the Suvisaaristo bridge on the right-hand side, and on the way in Skatan there is a gas station for boaters in summertime.
In summertime, there are Espoo tour boats between Suvisaaristo and the continental strait of Suinonsalmi (Swedish Svinösund).