Everything about Pori totally explained
Pori (
Björneborg in
Swedish) is a city and
municipality on the west coast of
Finland. The centre of the city it located some 15 km from the coast of
Gulf of Bothnia, at the estuary (the largest of those in Finland) of
Kokemäenjoki river. Pori is part of the
province of
Western Finland and is the most important town in the
Satakunta region.
The municipality has a population of 76,205 (2.28.2007) and covers an area of 511.88 km² of which 8.71 km² is water. The
population density is 151.4 inhabitants per km². The municipality is unilingually
Finnish. Pori is the 10th largest city in Finland, and the 7th largest urban area.
The
Neo-Gothic Juselius Mausoleum, located in the Käppärä cemetery in central Pori, was built in
1903 by the wealthy industrialist F.A. Juselius for his daughter Sigrid who died when she was only 11 years old. The Mausoleum was designed by the
architect Josef Stenbäck. The Mausoleum originally had frescoes painted by artist
Akseli Gallen-Kallela, but these decayed after a short time. The frescoes were restored by Akseli's son
Jorma Gallen-Kallela using his father's sketches.
Pori is known, among other things, for the sand beaches of
Yyteri and for hosting
Pori Jazz, an annual international
jazz festival.
Politics
Pori is a strong foothold for the
Social Democratic Party. In 2004 the party got 32.4% of the votes while the second largest party,
National Coalition Party, got 24.8% of the votes. The
mayor of Pori is
Aino-Maija Luukkonen, who was selected to run the city in 2004 after the former mayor,
Martti Sinisalmi, retired from the post.
Demographics
More than 98% of the population has
Finnish as their first language, and about 2% has either
Arabic,
French,
German,
Russian or
Swedish as their first language. There is a small minority of about 0.5% of Swedish speakers in the city. There is a Swedish School and a Swedish Culture Club that are aimed on serving the
Finland-Swedish minority in the
Satakunta region.
People
Sister cities
Bremerhaven, Germany, since 1967
Eger, Hungary, since 1973
Kołobrzeg, Poland, since 1975
Mâcon, France, since 1990
Porsgrunn, Norway, since 1956
Riga, Latvia, since 1965
Stralsund, Germany, since 1968
Sundsvall, Sweden, since 1940
Sønderborg, Denmark, since 1952
Trivia
The asteroid 1499 Pori was named after the city by its discoverer, the Finnish astronomer Yrjö Väisälä.
Transmitter facility
Near Pori there's a broadcasting facility for medium-wave and short-wave broadcasting by the Digita. The medium-wave transmitter uses a 185 m (607 ft) guyed mast as an aerial.
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