Korpo (Korppoo)

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Korpo (Korppoo) is a large inhabited island and former municipality in Finland’s Turku Archipelago, known for its rugged coastal scenery, maritime culture, and popular summer tourism.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Korppoo 2
Korpo (Korppoo) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality
island
populated place
administrativeHistory independent municipality until 2009
belongsToArchipelago Turku Archipelago
climate cool maritime climate
country Finland
dominantLocalLanguage Swedish
formerMunicipalityOf Finland
hasAttraction guest harbours
nature trails
summer cottages
hasChurch Korpo Church
hasCulturalHeritage traditional archipelago fishing villages
wooden coastal architecture
hasEconomicActivity fishing
small-scale agriculture
tourism
hasFeature forested interior
outer skerries
rocky shores
hasFerryConnectionTo Houtskär
Mainland Finland
linked to: mainland Finland

Nagu
hasHarbour Korpo harbour
hasOfficialNameInFinnish Korppoo
linked to: Korpo (Korppoo)
hasOfficialNameInSwedish Korpo
hasSettlement Korpo kyrkby
knownFor maritime culture
rugged coastal scenery
sailing and boating
summer tourism
languageStatus bilingual (Finnish and Swedish)
locatedIn Archipelago Sea
Southwest Finland
Turku Archipelago
locatedInBodyOfWater Baltic Sea
mergedIntoMunicipality Pargas
linked to: Pargas municipality
municipalMergerDate 2009
partOf Pargas
linked to: Pargas (Parainen)
region Southwest Finland Region
linked to: Southwest Finland
religiousAffiliation Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
subRegion Turku sub-region
linked to: Turku region
tourismSeason summer
transportInfrastructure inter-island ferries
road ferries

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turku Archipelago notableIsland Korpo (Korppoo)
Korpo hasOfficialNameInFinnish Korppoo
subject linked to: Korpo (Korppoo)
linked to: Korpo (Korppoo)
Parainen municipality mergedFrom Korppoo
linked to: Korpo (Korppoo)