Kauhava is a town and municipality of Finland. It is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region, 400 kilometres (250 mi) northwest of Helsinki and by the main railway from Helsinki to Oulu. The town has a population of 15,514 and covers an area of 1,328.09 square kilometres (512.78 sq mi) of which 14.63 km2 (5.65 sq mi) is water. The popular amusement park, PowerPark, is located in Alahärmä, Kauhava. Culture Events During the day of April, […]
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Kauhajoki (literally “Scoop River”) is a town and municipality of Finland. The city is unilingually Finnish. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Kauhajoki is 13,009 and the municipality covers an area of 1,299.10 km2 (501.59 sq mi) of which 16.46 km2 (6.36 sq mi) is inland water. The population density is 10.01/km2 (25.9/sq mi). Culture Events In the spring of 2008, the first cultural week […]
Kaskinen is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The population of Kaskinen is 1,278 and the municipality covers an area of 10.49 km2 (4.05 sq mi) (excluding sea areas) of which 0.16 km2 (0.062 sq mi) is inland water. The population density is 121.83/km2 (315.5/sq mi). Kaskinen is the smallest municipality in Finland with a town status and its only border neighbor is […]
Karkkila is a town and a municipality of Finland. Neighbour municipalities are Lohja, Loppi, Tammela and Vihti. History Originally, Karkkila was a village in the municipality of Pyhäjärvi. In the 14th century, the Pyhäjärvi area belonged to the border area of the parishes of Janakkala and Lohja. In 1507, the Pyhäjärvi area became part of the Vihti parish, which was separated from the Lohja parish. Pyhäjärvi became the chapel congregation of […]
Kannus is a town and municipality and city of Finland. It is situated in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of 5,428 and covers an area of 470.65 square kilometres (181.72 sq mi), of which 2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi) is water. Neighbour municipalities are Kalajoki, Kokkola, Sievi and Toholampi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Nature The landscape of Kannus is characterized by flat terrain, numerous swamps […]
Kankaanpää is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the crossroads of Hämeenkangas and Pohjankangas ridges. It belongs to the region of Satakunta. Kankaanpää has a population of about 11,200 inhabitants. Culture The Art Circle, located in Kankaanpää, is a gradually expanding ensemble of more than a hundred works of art permanently placed in the urban environment. You can explore the […]
Coimbra is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The fourth-largest urban centre in Portugal (after Lisbon, Porto and Braga), it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region. Among the many archaeological structures dating back to the Roman era, when Coimbra was the settlement of Aeminium, are its well-preserved aqueduct and cryptoporticus. Apart from attracting many European and international students, the university is visited by […]
The city of Castelo Branco is a municipality and former bishopric in Castelo Branco District, in Centro Region, Portugal. The name means “white castle” in Portuguese. The city of Castelo Branco is made up of 19 Freguesias (civil parish) with a population of 30,649 in 2001. The municipality has a total of 19 parishes. The population in 2011 was 56,109, in an area […]
Câmara de Lobos is a municipality, parish and town in the south-central coast of the island of Madeira. Technically a suburb of the much larger capital city of Funchal, it is one of the larger population centres and an extension of the Funchal economy. History The location of the modern town is believed to be the original landing […]
Bragança is a city and municipality in north-eastern Portugal, capital of the district of Bragança, in the Terras de Trás-os-Montes subregion of Portugal. Physical geography Bragança lies on a branch of the Sabor River south of the Culebra Mountains, 255 km northeast of Porto, 515 km from Lisbon and 22 km from the Spanish border. Ecoregions/Protected areas The municipality of Bragança is part of the frontier of the Montesinho Natural Park, established […]
Braga is a city and a municipality in the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga, in the historical and cultural Minho Province. The city has a resident population of 192,494 inhabitants (in 2011), representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal (by population). Its area is 183.40 km2. Its agglomerated urban area extends from the Cávado River […]
Barcelos is a city and a municipality in Braga District in the Minho Province , in the north of Portugal . The population in 2011 was 120,391, in an area of 378.90 km 2 . With 60 parishes, it is the municipality with the highest number of parishes in the country. It is one of […]
Almere is a planned city and municipality in the province of Flevoland, Netherlands, bordering Lelystad and Zeewolde. The municipality of Almere comprises six official areas that are the districts of Almere Stad (which is further split up into Almere Stad Oost, Almere Stad West and Almere Centrum), Almere Buiten and Almere Pampus (which is currently being designed), and the boroughs of Almere Haven, Almere Hout and Almere Poort. Four of them feature official district […]
Zwolle is a city and municipality in the northeastern Netherlands serving as Overijssel‘s capital. With a population of 127,497, it is the second-largest municipality in the province after Enschede. The modern city was founded around 800 CE by Frisian merchants and troops of Charlemagne. The name Zwolle is derived from the word Suolle, which means “hill” (cf. the English cognate verb “to swell”). This refers to an incline in the landscape between the four rivers surrounding […]
‘s-Hertogenbosch colloquially known as Den Bosch is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 152,968. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant. The city’s official name is a contraction of the (archaic) Dutch des Hertogen bosch—”the forest of the duke”. The duke in question was Henry I of Brabant, whose family had owned a large estate at nearby Orthen for at least four centuries. He […]
Delft is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. It is located between Rotterdam, to the southeast, and The Hague, to the northwest. Together with them, it is part of both Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area and the Randstad. Delft is a popular tourist destination in the Netherlands, famous for its historical connections with the reigning House of Orange-Nassau, for its blue pottery, for being home to […]
Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant. The name derived from brede Aa (‘wide Aa’ or ‘broad Aa’) and refers to the confluence of the rivers Mark and Aa. As a fortified city, it was of strategic military and political significance. Although a direct Fiefdom of the Holy Roman Emperor, the city obtained a municipal charter; the acquisition of Breda, […]
Haarlem predecessor of Harlem in the English language) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland and is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropolitan areas in Europe, and is also part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. Haarlem had a population of 161,265 in 2019. Haarlem was granted city status or stadsrechten in 1245, although the first city walls […]
Eindhoven is the fifth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, located in the south of the country. It had a population of 231,469 in 2019, making it the largest city in the province of North Brabant. Eindhoven was originally located at the confluence of the Dommel and Gender. Neighbouring cities and towns include Son en Breugel, Nuenen, Geldrop-Mierlo, Helmond, Heeze-Leende, Waalre, Veldhoven, Eersel, Oirschot and Best. The agglomeration has a population of 337,487. The […]
Leiden is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden had a population of 123,856 in August 2017, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 206,647 inhabitants. The Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 270,879, and in the larger Leiden […]
Groningen is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen province in the Netherlands. It is the largest city in the north of the Netherlands. As of December 2020, it had 233,218 inhabitants. It has a land area of 168.93 km2 (65.22 sq mi), and a total area, including water, of 180.21 km2 (69.58 sq mi). Its population density is 1,367 residents per km2 (3,540 per square mile). […]
Maastricht Limburgish is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the Meuse (Dutch: Maas), at the point where the Jeker joins it. It is adjacent to the border with Belgium. Maastricht developed from a Roman settlement (Trajectum ad Mosam) to a medieval religious centre. In the 16th century it became a […]
Utrecht is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands; it had a population of 357,179 as of 2019. Utrecht’s ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle […]
Rotterdam is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, at the mouth of the Nieuwe Maas channel leading into the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta at the North Sea. Its history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by the Count of Holland. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest […]
The Hague or ‘s‑Gravenhage is a city and municipality on the western coast of the Netherlands on the North Sea, the administrative and royal capital of the Netherlands and the capital of the province of South Holland. It is also the seat of government of the Netherlands and hosts the International Court of Justice, one of the most important courts in the world. With a population of over half a million, it is the […]
Assenis a municipality and a city in the northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital of the province of Drenthe. It received city rights in 1809. Assen is known for TT Circuit Assen, the motorcycle racing circuit, where on the last Sunday in June the Dutch TT is run; and also for the annual Assen Dance Festival.
Amsterdam is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands with a population of 872,680 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Found within the province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the “Venice of the North“, attributed by the large number of canals which form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Amsterdam was founded at the Amstel, that was dammed to […]
It is known in Finland for the beauty of its natural environment, as described by Zacharias Topelius in his poem “A Summer’s Day in Kangasala” Kangasala is a city in Finland, 16 kilometers east of Tampere. It was founded in 1865. It is also known for its mansions, such as Liuksiala, where the Swedish queen Karin Månsdotter lived as widow, and Wääksy. Kangasala has […]
Kalajoki is a coastal town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. Livelihood Industry Forest Industries Kalajoki, like the whole of Ostrobothnia , is a forest-covered lowland. So there is a lot of forest in Kalajoki, and over time there have been several sawmills. Currently only one, Junnikkalan Saha. Metal industry Kalajoki Diamond Drilling (Oy […]
Kajaani is the most populous town and the capital of the Kainuu Region of Finland. It is located southeast of Lake Oulu (Oulujärvi), which drains into the Gulf of Bothnia through the Oulu River (Oulujoki). The town was founded in the 17th century, fuelled by the growth of the tar industry, but it was preceded by a long history of settlements. During the Great Northern War it succumbed to […]
Kaarina is a small town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Southwest Finland region and is a neighbouring town of Turku, which is the capital of Southwest Finland, therefore Kaarina is a part of the Greater Turku region. The municipality is unilingually Finnish, with a Swedish minority and e.g. a Swedish comprehensive school. The famous fetish artist Tom of Finland was born in Kaarina. Kaarina has a well […]
Järvenpää is a town and municipality in Finland. Neighbouring municipalities are Tuusula, Sipoo and Mäntsälä. Culture Attractions Järvenpää is widely known for artists ’home museums, such as Jean Sibelius’s Ainola , located about two kilometers south of the city center. Master composer and his family moved Lars Sonck to draw for powerful log villa in September 1904. With Sibelius and painter Eero Järnefeltwith their families followed Ahoja, settling in their neighborhood, the […]
Aveiro is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2011, the population was 78,450, in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 sq mi): it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal (after Coimbra). Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important […]
Jämsä is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region, about 58 kilometres (36 mi) southwest of Jyväskylä. The municipality is officially Finnish-speaking. It is the center of Finnish aeronautics industry – the aircraft factory and aeronautical engineering offices of Patria is located at Halli Airport in Jämsä. Culture and education Building culture Jämsä’s building culture has distinctive features. Many of Jämsä’s farms prospered […]
Amadora is a municipality and urbanized city in the northwest of the Lisbon metropolitan area and 10 km from central Lisbon. It is the most densely populated municipality in Portugal. One of the largest urban communities in Portugal, Amadora forms a conurbation with Lisbon, sharing the same subway, bus and train networks. It is dominated by large apartment blocks, commercial parks, industrial areas and some headquarters […]
Almeirim is a city and a municipality in Santarém District, Portugal. Geography Almeirim is situated 70 kilometres (43 mi) from Lisbon, and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) in Santarém; its neighbours include Alpiarça (to the north), Chamusca (in the east and northeast), Salvaterra da Magos, Coruche (both in the south), Santarém (in the northwest) and Cartaxo (in the south). […]