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Pojo
Pojo – Pohja
Quarter and former municipality
Pojo
Pohja
Location in Finland
Location in Finland
Coordinates: 63°18′N 022°22.5′E / 63.300°N 22.3750°E / 63.300; 22.3750
CountryFinland
RegionUusimaa in Swedish Nyland
Sub-regionWestern Uusimaa sub-region
Population
 • Total4,936
Population by age
[1]
 • 0 to 1415.4%
 • 15 to 6462.2%
 • 65 or older22.3%
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

This article contains information about the current quarter in the City of Raseborg, Finland and information about the former Municipality of Pohja earlier Pojo.

Pojo, Finnish: 'Pohja', is a town in the region of Western Uusimaa, Finland. Pojo is since 2009 a quarter in the city of Raseborg, Finland and also the centre within this area and was prior to that a former municipality and parish.

It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the Uusimaa region.

Pojo or Pohja?

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Finland is a bilingual Finnish and Swedish country. The names might differ in the languages and are equal. This causes no local problem but which of the names is correct in international use? The guidlines in Finland says that in official international use the version of the language majority of the municipality is used. An exception is closly Finnish or Swedish related languages.[2] On a personal level You can use either of the names. Conserning this area there will be a mixture. Up to 1973 the language majority here was Swedish speaking- and the international name Pojo, between 1973-2008 the majority was Finnish speaking and the international name Pohja. After 2009 the city of Raseborg is majority speaking Swedish and this specific area called Pojo in international texts.

Population as a municipality

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The municipality had a population of 4,936 (as of 31 December 2008)[3] and covered a land area of 224.66 square kilometres (86.74 sq mi).[4] The population density was 21.97 inhabitants per square kilometre (56.9/sq mi).

Historically

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Settling

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The Pojo-area has been inhabited since the 4000 Bc From ancient times, spearheads and club stones have been found. From the 2000s Bc nine boat axes and five other axes have been found. From the time around the birth of Christ, iron axes, saws and hake graves have been found. After the Crusades in the 12th century, the coastal areas of southern Finland were colonised by Swedish settlers, and Swedish-speaking villages arose, for example, along Pojo Bay, as the water was the natural shipping route in the past. The coastal areas had then been relatively deserted for a long time. Even today, Pojo is a district with a significant proportion of Swedish-speaking population.

Oldest documentations

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Pojo (old script: Poyæ) is first mentioned in a document from 1335,[5] but the area is said to have been called Skawastadhe (later, among other things, Skavistad) in a writing from 1326. However, Pojo's history goes back much further.[5]

Trade routs and energy

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The Pojo Bay was already a trade route to the inner part of Finland in the Bronze and Iron Ages. The waterway connected to an important country road, the historic King's Road, which runs here in a west-easterly direction. The northern region is rich in high ridges with dozens of lakes in between, there are waterways and rapids. Pojos favourable location next to these rapids and waterways contributed to it becoming the cradle of the Finnish iron industry. In the 17th century, five ironworks were built around the rapids of Western Uusimaa, three of them in Pohja: Antskog around 1630, Billnäs in 1639 and Fiskars in 1649.[6]

Former villages

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Villages located in the former municipality and which now belong to the city of Raseborg are: Antkärr, Antskog (fi. Ansku), Baggby, Billnäs (fi. Pinjainen), Björsby, Bockboda, Bollstad[7], Borgby[8], Brunkom, Brödtorp, Böle[9],, Dalkarby, Degernäs, Ekerö, Elimo, Fiskars, Forsby,[10] Gammelby,[11]Gennäs, Grabbskog, Grännäs[12], Gumnäs, Gästerby, Hindraböle, Hällskulla, Järnvik, Kila[13], Klinkbacka, Kockböle (en del av Persböle), Koppskog, Kvarnby[14], Kyrkbacka[15], Lillfors, Munckbacka, Mörby, Nygård, Näsby, Pentby, Persböle, Ramskulla, Sidsbacka, Sjösäng, Skarpkulla, Skogböle (fi. Kuovila), Skogäng, Skrittskog, Skuru, Slicko, Sonabacka, Spakanäs, Starrböle, Stålbacka, Sunnanvik, Svedjeby, Sällvik, Torby, Trädbollstad, Åminne[16] and Åminnefors[17].

Streams and lakes

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The River of Fiskars flows here. Flacksjö and Fårsjö are some of the lakes.

Please note, however, that Pohja Manor is located in the city of Salo.

Parish

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The parish is mentioned 1359 but the church is built earlier. In the 20th century, The lutheran congregation was divided into a Finnish and a Swedish on the basis of language as the Finnish speaking population grew in the 2000th century. In 2015 the Finnish speaking congregations within the city of Raseborg joined and established Raaseporin suomalainen seurakunta and the Swedish speaking congregations formed together with swedishspeakings in Karis a new Karis-Pojo svenska församling.[18]

Notable residents

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References

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  1. ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Suomen paikannimet vieraskielisissä teksteissä". Institutet for the domestic languages. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference population_count was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference total_area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Bebyggelsenamn i Finland_Pojo". Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Bruksmiljöer i Pojo". Museiverket. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  10. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  11. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  12. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  14. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  16. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  17. ^ "Svenska ortnamn i Finland". Institutet för de inhemska språken. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  18. ^ "Tietoja Suomen seurakunnista". The genealogical Society of Finland. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
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