Karis

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Karis

Total population

9,000

Coordinates60.07°, 23.66°

Demographic figures from Statistics Finland. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Karis is a town and former municipality in Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Ekenäs and Pohja to form the new municipality of Raseborg.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Ragnar Hult

Finnish botanist (1857-1899)

Ernst Linder

Swedish general (1868–1943)

Malla Silfverstolpe

Swedish salon-holder (1782–1861)

Pauli Nevala

Finnish athletics competitor (1940–2025)

M

Mikael Källman

Finnish handball player and coach

O

Olli Tahvonen

Finnish economist, professor of forest economics and policy (University of Helsinki), earlier professor of environmental economy (Finnish Forest Research Institute)

Göran Boije

Swedish politician (1540s-1617)

E

Erik August Kollin

Faberge workmaster (1836–1901)

Jarl Malmgren

Finnish association football player and bandy player (1908-1942)

Glenn Ikonen

Swedish wheelchair curler

Maarit Feldt-Ranta

Finnish politician

P

Petra Lindholm

Maria Åkerblom

Finnish religious leader

Charles Linn

Finnish-American banker and seacaptain (1814-1882)

U

Uno Aro

Finnish artist (1899–1963)

Johan Albert Edvard von Julin

Finnish businessperson

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Uusimaa

• Pippuri
  25.1 mi away
• Röykkä
  44.4 mi away
• Mo i Rana
  522.3 mi away · pop. 18,739
• Jelovice
  1082.2 mi away · pop. 17
• Vodice
  1082.3 mi away · pop. 16
• Dane
  1083.4 mi away · pop. 9
• Rašpor
  1084.8 mi away · pop. 3
• Klenovšćak
  1085.1 mi away · pop. 6
• Kropinjak
  1085.4 mi away · pop. 4
• Račja Vas
  1085.5 mi away · pop. 25
• Prapoće
  1085.9 mi away · pop. 28
• Lanišće
  1086.4 mi away · pop. 88

Browse all places in Uusimaa →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Green Huntsman Spider

Micrommata virescens

Seen 2026-09-21

Black-shouldered Shieldbug

Carpocoris purpureipennis

Seen 2026-09-21

Scarce Maple Pigmy

Stigmella aceris

Seen 2026-09-21

22-spot Ladybird

Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata

Seen 2026-09-21

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-21

Siberian Winter Damsel

Sympecma paedisca

Seen 2026-09-21

Pine Ladybird

Exochomus quadripustulatus

Seen 2026-09-21

Alder Leaf Beetle

Agelastica alni

Seen 2026-09-21

Two-spotted Lady Beetle

Adalia bipunctata

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).