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PORI 2007
Founded in 1558.
The centre of the Satakunta region with its 235 000 inhabitants. Pori is the 10th largest city in Finland.
There were 76 182 inhabitants at the turn of the
year 2006/2007.
Geographical location, area 2007
The centre of the city (market place) 61º 29' 12"
N; 21º 47' 49" E
The total area of Pori 1.053,2 km²
- land area 503,2 km²
- water area 550,0 km²
Climate and weather conditions
2006
Average temperature, Cº +6,1
Maximum temperature, Cº 30,2 (7.7.)
Minimum temperature, Cº -22,7 (11.3.)
Rainfall, mm 653,3
Biggest rainfall / day 46,7 (7.9.)
POPULATION
Age distribution
| |
1995
% |
2005
% |
2007
% |
| 0 - 14 years |
17,2
% |
15,7
% |
15,3% |
| 15 - 64 years |
67,2
% |
65,8
% |
65,4
% |
| 65 - years
plus |
15,6
% |
18,5
% |
19,3
% |
| Number of
residents |
76
711 |
76
152 |
76 182 |
Females (2007) 52 %, males 48 %
Swedish speaking population 378 or
0,50 %
Foreign citizens 1 039 or 1,4 %
Changes of population
| |
1995 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Live births |
946 |
794 |
806 |
| Deaths |
808 |
826 |
779 |
| Majority of
the births |
138 |
-32 |
+27 |
| Immigration |
2428 |
3144 |
3111 |
| Emigration |
2516 |
3130 |
3100 |
| Net Migration |
-88 |
+14 |
+11 |
LABOUR FORCE AND JOBS
| |
1995 |
2000 |
2004* |
| Agriculture
and forestry |
447 |
396 |
337 |
| Mining and
quarrying |
22 |
33 |
40 |
| Manufacturing |
7
657 |
7
827 |
7 011 |
| Electricity
and water supply |
471 |
484 |
440 |
| Construction |
1
345 |
1
533 |
2 103 |
| Commerce,
accommodation etc. |
4
377 |
4
851 |
5 019 |
| Transport,
communications |
2
148 |
2
277 |
2
677 |
| Financing,
insurance etc. service
activities |
3
484 |
3
916 |
4
541 |
| Social and
personal services |
8
793 |
10
612 |
11 778 |
| Unknown |
701 |
476 |
523 |
| Total |
29
445 |
31
802 |
33 779 |
* Estimate
In 2004 27,8 % of jobs were in industry and construction,
69,9 % in commerce, transport and services and 1,1% in agriculture, forestry and fishing. 1,2 % of jobs were
unknown.
In 2004 about 8 200 persons, who lived outside the
municipality, worked in Pori and correspondingly about 4
300 citizens of Pori worked outside the city.
The biggest employers in Pori
(at least 200 employees)
| City of Pori |
6
632 |
| Satakunta
Central Hospital |
2
144 |
| Technip Offshore Finland Oy |
850 |
| Kemira
Pigments Oy |
640 |
| Luvata Pori Oy |
601 |
| Satakunta group |
597 |
| Satakunnan
Kirjateollisuus |
401 |
| Sampo Rosenlew Oy+SR Forest Oy |
358 |
| Hollming
Works Oy |
310 |
| Metso Paper
Pori Oy |
275 |
| Componenta
Pori Ltd |
260 |
| Oy Hacklin Ltd |
243 |
| Rosenlew RKW
Finland Ltd |
205 |
| Federation of
Pori Parishes |
200 |
Enterprise growth in Pori in 1996-2004:
| Year |
New
enterprises |
Closures |
Net
increase |
| 1996 |
356 |
358 |
-2 |
| 1997 |
344 |
306 |
38 |
| 1998 |
312 |
289 |
23 |
| 1999 |
270 |
302 |
-32 |
| 2000 |
290 |
263 |
27 |
| 2004 |
292 |
289 |
3 |
EMPLOYMENT
(On an average / month without laid-offs)
| Year |
Unemployed
number |
Unemployment
rate % |
Vacancies
number |
| 2002 |
6
120 |
16,7 |
392 |
| 2003 |
5 697 |
15,5 |
393 |
| 2004 |
5 837 |
15,9 |
403 |
| 2005 |
5
433 |
14,7 |
621 |
| 2006 |
4 992 |
13,6 |
566 |
PUBLIC UTILITIES
| |
1995 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Pori
Energy |
|
|
|
| Sales
of electricity, GWh |
452 |
634 |
820 |
| The
Water Works of Pori |
|
|
|
| Quantity
of pumped water,1 000
m³ |
8
444 |
5 794 |
6 576 |
| Quantity
of purified sewage, 1
000 m³ |
10
962 |
11 061 |
9 100 |
| Waste
Management of Pori |
|
|
|
| Landfill
waste, 1000 tn |
|
48 |
44 |
| Reused
waste, 1000 tn |
|
28 |
33 |
|
| Port
of Pori |
|
|
|
| Total
import and export., 1000
tn |
3
673 |
4
221 |
5 771 |
ECONOMY
Taxation
| |
1995 |
2000 |
2005 |
| Municipal
taxpayers |
55
031 |
55
855 |
56
897 |
| Tax rates €/
inhabitant |
9
401 |
10
681 |
12 363 |
| - average
rates for cities |
9
515 |
11
433 |
13 054 |
| Income tax %
(since 1977) |
17 |
17 |
18 |
Taxation percentage of real estate in Pori
and on the average in 15 largest cities
| |
Pori
2000 |
Others 2000 |
Pori
2007 |
Others
2007 |
| General |
0,61 |
0,70 |
0,61 |
1,06 |
| Regular
dwelling house |
0,23 |
0,25 |
0,23 |
0,38 |
| Other
dwelling house |
0,70 |
0,75 |
0,70 |
1,02 |
Expenditure and revenue of the city of Pori 2006 -
2007 (€)
| |
Closing
of
accounts 2006 |
Budget
2007 |
| Revenue |
+176 034 463 |
+152 647 543 |
| Expenditure |
-495 651 781 |
-483 912 594 |
| Coverage |
-391 617 318 |
-331 265 051 |
| |
| Income
of taxes |
+196 682 982 |
+205 302 000 |
| Government
grants |
+135 828 736 |
+141 904 170 |
| Gross
margin |
+12 894 400 |
+15 941 119 |
| |
| Income
from interest |
+6 638 128 |
+846
000 |
| Other
income from financing |
+2 392 844 |
+8 103 000 |
| Expenditure
of interest |
-4 307 893 |
-3 650 000 |
| Other
expenditure of financing |
-11 391 |
-1 005 000 |
| Year
coverage |
+17 606 088 |
+20 235 119 |
| |
| Incidental
quantities |
+1 032 160 |
- |
| Investments
of capital assets |
-44 559 317 |
-38 499 360 |
| Financing
share to investments |
+3 461 930 |
+1 346 180 |
| Sales
income of capital assets |
+5 607 002 |
+ 5 605 000 |
Expenditure
| |
2006 |
| 1
000 € |
%
of
total expenditure |
| General
administration |
32 722 |
5,8 |
| Social and
health services |
213 513 |
38,1 |
| Education and
cultural services |
144 902 |
25,9 |
| Public
services |
43
347 |
7,7 |
| Other
services |
28 487 |
5,1 |
| Business
activities |
34 713 |
6,2 |
| Financing |
5 630 |
1,0 |
| Investment |
57 016 |
10,2 |
| Total |
560 330 |
100 |
PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE
| |
1995 |
2005 |
2006 |
Visits in Health centre physician
general practitioner |
163 625 |
136 466 |
139 668 |
| Visits in Nursing staff practitioner |
216 546 |
222 288 |
182 585 |
| Visits in Dental Care |
58 648 |
63 691 |
63 120 |
| Patients treated |
|
|
|
| Municipal Hospital |
6 931 |
6 615 |
6 676 |
| Policlinic
visits |
8
047 |
18 514 |
18 676 |
| Operations |
1
935 |
2 531 |
2 287 |
SOCIAL SERVICE
| |
1995 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Children's
daycare (28) |
|
|
|
| -
number of places |
1
834 |
1 926 |
1
940 |
| Family
daycare, number of
places |
395 |
338 |
382 |
| Homecare
allovances for children,
families |
1
460 |
1
216 |
1
215 |
| Home
allowances, families |
2
876 |
1
904 |
1
811 |
| Home
for the elderly (4) |
|
|
|
| -
places |
328 |
328 |
323 |
| Block
of service flats (8) for
the elderly |
|
|
|
| -
places |
|
535 |
554 |
| Sheltered
accommodation for the
elderly |
772 |
784 |
776 |
EDUCATION
| Students |
1995 |
2005 |
2006 |
Comprehensive
education (lower level
23,
upper level 11, special
education 4) |
8
080 |
7
787 |
7
649 |
| Sixth form
(8) |
2
152 |
1 888 |
1 879 |
| Palmgren
Conservatoire |
393 |
416 |
438 |
| Pori College
of Service Sector |
|
1
398 |
1
373 |
| Pori College
of Technics |
|
992 |
1020 |
| Pori College
of Forestry |
|
160 |
157 |
| Satakunta
Polytechnic |
|
4 585 |
4
395 |
| - Pori units
(3) |
|
2
431 |
2
313 |
| Open Colleges
(2) |
5
429 |
6 588 |
7 326 |
| Pori Art
School |
39 |
13 |
5 |
| Pori Adult
Education Centre |
1
868 |
2 819 |
2 339 |
| Summer
University of Western
Finland, Pori
Unit |
1
203 |
1
598 |
1
955 |
| Diakonia
Institute of Higher
Education |
212 |
266 |
232 |
| Finnair
Flight Training Centre |
11 |
80 |
88 |
| Pori School
of Technology and
Economics |
283 |
1 344 |
1
415 |
SUPPLY
OF LAND AND PERMITTED BUILDING VOLUME
31.12.2006
| Sites for
detached houses |
54 |
| Sites for
blocks of flats and
terraced houses |
58 989 floor
m² |
| Industrial
estates |
361 225 m² |
| Sites for
business buildings |
66 866 floor
m² |
BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
| |
1995 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Completed
dwellings |
232 |
508 |
596 |
| - detached
houses (%) |
75,1 |
45,1 |
38,4 |
| Granted
building permits, |
|
|
|
| - apartments |
156 |
667 |
420 |
TRAFFIC
| |
1995 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Streets,
total (km) |
390,8 |
441,7 |
450,6 |
| Routes for
light traffic (km) |
187,0 |
242,8 |
249,6 |
| Motor
vehicles |
33
477 |
42 179 |
43 458 |
| Cars/1000
people |
384 |
485 |
500 |
| Traffic
accidents |
429 |
618 |
565 |
Local traffic (Porin Linjat Ltd, Municipal Bus
Company)
| |
1995 |
2005 |
2005 |
| Passengers (million
trips) |
1,98 |
1,76 |
1,68 |
| Kilometres (million
kilometres) |
2,79 |
3,03 |
2,75 |
Air traffic at Pori Airport
| |
1997 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Domestic |
62
248 |
52 456 |
58 196 |
| International |
20
313 |
7 734 |
6 191 |
| Passengers,
total |
82
561 |
60 190 |
64 387 |
CULTURE, LEISURE
Municipal library
- Book loans 1 828 678
- Interlibrary loans 19 701
Pori Theatre
- Performances 212
- Audience 47 000
Satakunta Museum
- Items 83 942
- Visitors 43 706
Museum
The Ark - Nature Centre
Renovation Centre Toivo and Korsman house
Pori Art Museum
- Special exhibitions 16
- Works of art in the collections
3 347
- Visitors 29 080
Poriginal Gallery
- Exhibitions 19
Pori Sinfonietta
- Performances 50
- Audience 16 776
Juselius Mausoleum
- Visitors 9 560
Pori International Jazzfestival
- Audience 155 000
Sport and leisure
- Youth houses 8
- Sports Hall
- Football Hall
- lce Halls 2, artifical skating rink
- Swimming pools 3
- Outdoor sports fields 179
- Indoor halls, school halls 25
- Camp centres 3
Joutsijärvi outdoor recreation area
SIGHTS IN PORI
City Hall
Old City Hall
Theatre
Central Pori Church
Juselius Mausoleum
Pori Art Museum
Satakunta Museum
The Ark - Nature Centre
Renovation Centre Toivo
Promenade Centre
Technological Centre Pripoli
Market place
Pedestrian street
Yyterin
sannat
- recreation centre/campsite
- holiday and spa hotel
- surfing centre
- golf course
- riding school
- nudist beach
Kirjurinluoto
- concert park
- bird park
- summer theatre
- mini golf centre
- Petanque-pitch
- beach
- playground complex for children:
--- Pelle Hermanni playground
--- Pirate ship
--- Lilliput park
- summer restaurant
- Satakunnan Infocentre for gardeners and exhibition
park
- openair stadium Pori Delta Arena
Reposaari
- church
- fortress gardens
- Junnila holiday centre
- small boats harbour
- fishing harbour
- Merimesta, fishing market centre
MUNICIPAL
ELECTION 2004 AND THE CITY COUNCIL 2005-2008
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Finnish
Socialdemocratic Party |
11 553 |
32,4 |
20 |
| National
Coalition Party |
8 821 |
24,8 |
16 |
| Left
Wing Alliance |
7
442 |
20,9 |
12 |
| Finnish
Centre Party |
3
807 |
10,7 |
5 |
| Finnish
Christian League |
1
842 |
5,2 |
3 |
| The
Greens |
1
363 |
3,8 |
2 |
| For
the Better Pori -list |
617 |
1,7 |
1 |
| Other
small parties |
199 |
0,6 |
- |
| Total |
35 639 |
100,0 |
59 |
| |
| Enfranchised |
61 622 |
|
|
| Turnout
percentage |
58,2 |
|
|
Chairmen of the City Council 2005
Chairman of the City Council, Mr.
Sampsa Kataja (Nat.
Coalition)
First vice chairman, Mrs. Pirkko Peltomo (Soc.Dem.)
Second vice chairman, Mr. Pekka Välimäki (Left)
CITY BOARD
Chairmen of the City Board 2001
Chairman, Mr. Ahti Salmi (Soc.Dem.)
First vice chairman. Mr. Pentti
Kilkku (Nat.
Coalition)
Second vice chairman, Mr. Pekka Träskelin (Left)
CITY EXECUTIVES
Mayor,
Lic.Pol.Sc (Public Administration), MPH Aino-Maija Luukkonen
Deputy Mayors
- Social and Health care, Mr. Aulis Laaksonen
- Technical Services, Mr. Kari Hannus
CITY OFFICE
Antinkatu 2,
P.0. Box 121, SF-28101 Pori
Tel.+358-2-621 1100, Telefax +358-2-621 1246, +358-2-621
1241
www.pori.fi
E-mail:forename.surname@pori.fi
FRONT OFFICE
Yrjönkatu 17, FIN-28100 Pori
Tel. +358-2-621 1350, Telefax +358-2-621 1267
Open: 1.5. - 31.8. Mon-Fri 9.00 - 17.00 Sat 10.00
- 15.00
1.9. - 30.4. Mon-Fri 9.00 - 17.00 Sat Closed.
BUSINESS AND
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Pori Regional Development Agency
Ltd
Puh. +358-2- 621 7500
www.posek.fi
Mr. Antti Kilkku, Land property
manager
Puh. +358-2-621 1811,
+358-44-701 1811
Mr. Olavi Mäkelä, City Planning Director, Architect
Tel. +358-2-621 1601
TOURIST OFFICE
Promenade centre, Yrjönkatu 17, FIN-28100 PORI
Tel. +358-2-621 7900
E-mail: elinkeino(@)pori.fi,
info(@)maisa.fi
| Open: |
1.6. - 15.8. |
Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. -
3 p.m. |
| 16.8. - 31.5. |
Mon-Fri 9 a.m. - 4.30 p.m., Sat closed |
TWIN CITIES OF
PORI
| 1.
Sundsvall Sweden |
1940 |
| 2.
Sønderborg Denmark |
1952 |
| 3.
Porsgrunn Norway |
1956 |
| 4.
Riga Latvia |
1964 |
| 5.
Bremerhaven Germany |
1967 |
| 6.
Stralsund Germany |
1968 |
| 7.
Eger Hungary |
1973 |
| 8.
Kolobrzeg Poland |
1977 |
| 9.
Mâcon France |
1990 |
|
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