Särkisalo

Särkisalo ( Finby in Swedish) is small a municipality south-west of the Finland, in the province of Western Finland and the area of Finland of South-west.

History

First mention of the place in 1329 until the extreme end of the 19th century, the islands are only populated of suédophones, and the economy depends then largely on the fishing. The arrival of small industries in particular related to the Bois (Sawmill in particular) causes thereafter an surge of population come from the continent, the new arrivals being mainly of native tongue Finnois E. The name even of Särkisalo appears only in the Années 1930, only Finby was used before.

The commune culminates beyond the 2.000 inhabitants in 1950 before very strongly declining with the loss of certain industries. The population goes up today slightly but remains very in on this side threshold which would guarantee the survival of the long-term commune. A fusion with a close municipality is very probable in the years to come.

Geography

The commune is formed by some interior islands of the Archipel of Turku and two little populated peninsulas. The principal island, Isoluoto/Storö (22 km ²), is connected to the continent by a bridge, the other islands being connected between them by roadways or vats.

The village center is located at approximately 150 km of Helsinki and 100 km of the provincial capital Turku. The common neighbors are Perniö in the North-East, Ekenäs in south-east (Uusimaa), and beyond arm of the sea Västanfjärd in south-west and Kimito in the North-West.

Nearly 800 houses of holidays are built there, a considerable figure for a so small commune.

References

Random links: