Paimio

Paimio (Pemar) is a town and municipality of Finland.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 0 and covers an area of undefined km2 of which undefined km2 is water. The population density is undefined PD/km2. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.

Paimio centre is called Vista, divided by the church hill to Upper Vista (Ylä-Vista) and Lower Vista (Ala-Vista).

Important buildings
Paimio is best known for Paimio Sanatorium operating as a part of Turku University Hospital. It was built in 1932 and designed by architect Alvar Aalto and originally served as a tuberculosis sanatorium.

Notable persons

 * Jarno Koskiranta, ice hockey player
 * Tero Koskiranta, ice hockey player
 * Mika Ojala, footballer
 * Anders Planman, astronomer, professor of physics and mathematician
 * V. J. Sukselainen, politician

Twin towns — Sister cities
Paimio is twinned with:


 * 🇪🇪 Audru Parish, Estonia
 * 🇸🇪 Ljungby Municipality, Sweden
 * 🇷🇺 Zelenogorsk, Russia
 * 🇷🇺 Sovetsky, Russia
 * Tølløse, Denmark
 * 🇳🇴 Ås, Norway
 * 🇸🇪 Öckerö Municipality, Sweden
 * 🇩🇪 Odenthal, Germany