Kustavi

Kustavi [ kustɑvi ] (Swedish: Gustav ) is a municipality in the archipelago off the coast of Southwest Finland with 941 inhabitants. It is located in the countryside Varsinais -Suomi almost 30 kilometers before Uusikaupunki. The distance to Turku is approximately 50 kilometers. In total, the area of Kustavi over 2,000 islets and cliffs. Excluding the marine areas Kustavi has an area of ​​166.4 square kilometers, of which 1.8 square miles are inland waters. With the eastern mainland and the community Taivassalo Kustavi is connected by a bridge completed in 1982. Toward the sea Kustavi adjacent to the archipelago are also placed on communities of Parga and Brändö. The latter already belongs to the autonomous region of Åland.

While the southern part of the archipelago area and the west adjacent Åland are Swedish-speaking, monolingual Finnish- Kustavi is. It is named after the Swedish king Gustav Kustavi III. , At the instigation of the Church of Kustavi was built in 1783.

Towns

To the municipality includes the villages of Anavainen, Boda, Böle, Elmnäs, Southern Vartsala, Friisilä, Grönvik, Idula, Iso Koiluoto, isoluoto, Iso - Rahi, Kaurissalo, Kevoi, Kiparluoto, Kivimaa, Koilsuu, Koivula, Kunnarainen, Laupunen, Lypertö, Långstjert, Parattula, Pleikilä, Pohjois- Vartsala, Rahikorpi, Ruola, Ruoni, Salminiittu, Siusluoto, Vähä - Rahi and Västerby.

Sons and daughters

  • Hagar Olsson (1893-1978), literary critic, translator and writer
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