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Discover Sauvo in Finland
Sauvo in the region of Province of Western Finland with its 2,941 habitants is a town located in Finland - some 78 mi or ( 125 km ) West of Helsinki , the country's capital .
Local time in Sauvo is now 05:55 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Helsinki " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Riga, Jelgava, Tallinn, Ylöjärvi, and Viksgard. When in this area, you might want to check out Riga . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Sauvo ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Kevola Observatory
The Kevola Observatory is located in Kevola in Paimio in South-Western Finland, some 35 km east from the city of Turku. The observatory is currently owned by Turun Ursa ry, a local astronomical association operating in Turku area. The buildings of the observatory include an observatory dome, a zenith observatory, and a house for recording observations. Kevola Observatory is listed in the IAU list of observatory codes with code 64.
Located at 60.42 22.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Karuna Church
The Karuna church is a stone church located in Karuna Sauvo, Finland Proper, Finland. It was designed by Finnish church architect Josef Stenbäck and built in 1908–1910. The style of the building reflects National Romantic style with Jugendstil features. The bell tower is located in the southeast corner of the structure the bells of which were made in 1689. The church has the capacity to seat 480 people. The altar paintings were created by Ilmari Launis.
Located at 60.27 22.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Karuna, Finland
Karuna, in the region Finland Proper located in the province Southern Finland, was a municipality in Finland until 1969 when it merged into the municipality of Sauvo. Part of the former municipality, namely, the village of Sandö was merged into the municipality of Kimito. In 1963, in Karuna was 1,213 inhabitants. About 700 people inhabit the area currently.
Located at 60.27 22.54 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Angelniemi
Angelniemi is a former municipality of Finland. It became part of Halikko in 1967. It was located on partly on the continent by the Halikonlahti Bay and partly on Kimito Island and is still nowadays the only part of the island where Finnish is the primary language. Today the population of the area is 398, but it rises during the summer because of the summer cottages. The center of the municipality was Kokkila, which lies on the continent.
Located at 60.30 22.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Piikkiö
Piikkiö, is a former municipality of Finland. Piikkiö was consolidated with Kaarina on January 1, 2009. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality had a population of 6,836 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 90.35 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.07 km² is inland water. The population density was 75.72 inhabitants per km². The municipality was almost unilingually Finnish.
Located at 60.42 22.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 13 km away
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