Raisio

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Raisio

Total population

25,336

Coordinates60.49°, 22.17°

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

Overview

Raisio is a town in Finland, located in the Southwest Finland region. It lies north of the regional capital, Turku. The population of Raisio is approximately 26,000, while the sub-region has a population of approximately 356,000. It is the 40th most populous municipality in Finland, and the third largest municipality in the Southwest Finland region after Turku and Kaarina.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Hugo Backmansson

Finnish painter (1860-1953)

Frans Josef von Becker

Wilhelm Bennet

Swedish baron, landowner, major-general and county governor

Evert Julius Bonsdorff

Finnish physician and anatomist (1810-1898)

J

Johan Gabriel von Bonsdorff

Finnish jurist

P

Pehr Adolf von Bonsdorff

Finnish chemist (1791-1839)

Max von Bonsdorff

Finnish priest (1882–1967)

Johan Creutz

Swedish count and politician

F

Fabian Dahlström

Finnish musicologist

G. W. Edlund

Finnish bookseller and publisher (1829–1907)

S

Samuel Magnus Ehrenmalm

Finnish judge (1731–1814)

Karl Gustaf Ehrström

Finnish politician (1822-1886)

Karl Ekman

Finnish pianist (1869-1947)

Karl Gabriel Leinberg

Finnish educator and historian (1830–1908)

H

Hannu Touru

Finnish football manager

M

Mikko Erich

Finnish politician (1888–1948)

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

Nearby places in Southwest Finland

• Rusko
  4.2 mi away · pop. 6,250
• Naantali
  4.9 mi away · pop. 19,426
• Nousiainen
  8.4 mi away · pop. 4,800
• Paimio
  17.8 mi away · pop. 10,950
• Tarvasjoki
  20.9 mi away · pop. 1,968
• Koukkela
  29.3 mi away
• Koski Tl
  35 mi away · pop. 2,388
• Mäenpää
  39.4 mi away
• Kisko
  46.2 mi away · pop. 539
• Popina
  1147.9 mi away
• Vetren
  1148 mi away
• Garvan
  1150.1 mi away

Browse all places in Southwest Finland →

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

northern spleenwort

Asplenium septentrionale

Seen 2026-09-17

yellow porecrust

Amyloporia xantha

Seen 2026-09-17

Corn spurrey

Spergula arvensis

Seen 2026-09-17

Grey Chi

Antitype chi

Seen 2026-09-17

Curly-leaf Pondweed

Potamogeton crispus

Seen 2026-09-17

Three-parted Beggarticks

Bidens tripartita

Seen 2026-09-17

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Seen 2026-09-17

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Seen 2026-09-17

Two-spotted Lady Beetle

Adalia bipunctata

Seen 2026-09-17

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

Official Identifiers