Nagu

Nagu ( Nauvo in Finnish) is a municipality south-west of the Finland, in the province of Western Finland and the area of Finland of South-west.

As much of the small insular communes of this area, Nagu counts a vast majority suédophone.

Geography

The commune is located in full heart of the Archipel of Turku. It does not count less than 3.000 islands and small islands of which well little are inhabited. The principal islands are connected between them by roadways, and connected to the continent by one of the the most attended vats country. The regional capital Turku is located at approximately 35 km as the crow flies.

The external islands belong to the national park of the archipelago of south-west.

The close municipalities (maritime borders only) are Dragsfjärd in south-east, Pargas in the east, Rymättylä in north and Korpo in the west.

History

The small church dates from the 15th century. Nagu is then known mainly for its leper-house, on the island isolated from Seili ( Själö in Swedish), where the leprous ones of all Finland were going to finish their days between 1620 and 1785, then a hospital psychatric of sad re-elected until in 1962. The island belongs today to the Université of Turku and is one of the principal tourist sites of the commune.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the common one does not count yet far from 4.000 inhabitants, divided between tens of villages of fishermen (64 villages in all). Very touched by the Rural migration, the commune counts only 1.400 inhabitants today approximately, but lives again largely in summer when the occupants of the 2.200 houses of holidays flow to spend the beautiful season apart from the cities.

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