Paimio

Paimio [ pɑi̯miɔ ] (Swedish Pemar ) is a city in south-western Finland with 10,587 inhabitants (as of 31 December 2012). It is located in the countryside Varsinais -Suomi around 25 kilometers east of Turku on the lower reaches of the river Paimionjoki. The state highway 1 from Turku to Helsinki crosses Paimio.

The sanatorium Paimio was designed by the famous architect Alvar Aalto and completed in 1933. Until the 1960s it served as a tuberculosis sanatorium, today it is a lung clinic. The functionalist building is regarded as one of the most important works of the early period Aalto. His draft provided that the building itself should contribute to the healing process of the patient. The sanatorium Paimio is a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage.

Another well-known monument is the kirkko Mikael (St. Michael's Church ), which emerged in the late 1680s. It consists of the church, built of gray rubble with a hipped roof, and an offset from standing church tower, which is square and goes down in the roof to a regular octagon.

At the rapids Askalankoski is a hydroelectric power plant since the 1930s. Paimio is still a major producer of electricity.

The town is twinned with Paimio Audru (Estonia), Ljungby, Öckerö (both Sweden), Zelenogorsk (Russia), Tollose (Denmark), Ås (Norway) and Odenthal ( Rheinisch- Bergisch District / Germany ).

Sons and daughters

• Vieno Sukselainen (1906-1995), politician and Prime Minister
• Mika Ojala (* 1988), football player