Kaarina

Kaarina (S:t Karins, i.e. "Saint Catherine's") is a town in Finland, located in the region of Southwest Finland. It lies south of the regional capital, Turku. The population of Kaarina is approximately 0, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 0. It is the most populous municipality in Finland, and the second largest municipality in the Southwest Finland region after Turku.

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The municipality is unilingual Finnish, with a Swedish minority and a Swedish comprehensive school. Bilingualism was proposed but rejected in 2015.

The famous artist Tom of Finland was born in Kaarina. Kaarina has a football team called Kaarinan Pojat. The Kino Piispanristi is the largest independent cinema in Southwest Finland.

The municipality of Kuusisto was merged with Kaarina in 1946. The municipality of Piikkiö was merged with Kaarina in 2009. At the same time, Kaarina adopted Piikkiö's coat of arms.

Politics
Results of the 2011 Finnish parliamentary election in Kaarina:


 * National Coalition Party  29.7%
 * Social Democratic Party  21.2%
 * True Finns  17.8%
 * Left Alliance  9.5%
 * Green League  7.1%
 * Centre Party  6.6%
 * Swedish People's Party  3.4%
 * Christian Democrats  2.8%

Twin towns — Sister cities
Kaarina is twinned with:


 * Ansião, Portugal
 * 🇪🇪 Jõgeva, Estonia
 * 🇸🇪 Enköping, Sweden
 * 🇭🇺 Szentes, Hungary
 * 🇷🇺 Sovetsky, Russia (on ice due to Russian invasion of Ukraine)