Paimio
Paimio 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 and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is. The municipality is unilingually Finnish.
Paimio centre is called Vista, divided by the church hill to Upper Vista and Lower 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
- Count R. H. Rehbinder, statesman; the Secretary of State for the Grand Duchy
- V. J. Sukselainen, politician
International relations
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