Pargas

This article is about the present municipality. For the former municipality, see Pargas (former municipality).

Pargas Pargas – Parainen
Town
Pargas stad Paraisten kaupunki
The city centre of Pargas
Coat of arms
Location of Pargas in Finland
Interactive map of Pargas
Coordinates: 60°18′N 022°18′E
Country	Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Åboland
Charter	2009
Seat	Pargas
Government
• Town manager	Tom Simola
Area  (2018-01-01)
• Total	5,548.17 km2 (2,142.16 sq mi)
• Land	883.98 km2 (341.31 sq mi)
• Water	4,666.46 km2 (1,801.73 sq mi)
• Rank	88th largest in Finland
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	14,712
• Rank	76th largest in Finland
• Density	16.64/km2 (43.1/sq mi)
Population by native language
• Swedish	53.5% (official)
• Finnish	41.8% (official)
• Others	4.7%
Population by age
• 0 to 14	15.1%
• 15 to 64	56.7%
• 65 or older	28.1%
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Website	www.pargas.fi/en/

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Pargas (Finnish: Parainen) is a town and municipality of Finland, in the Archipelago Sea, the biggest archipelago in the world by the number of islands, 50,000. The big limestone mine in Pargas is the base of the main industry and except for the central parts, the municipality is still mostly rural.

Pargas is located in Åboland in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. It was created as Väståboland on 1 January 2009 in Southwest Finland, when the municipalities of Pargas, Nagu, Korpo, Houtskär and Iniö were merged into a single municipality.

The municipality has a population of 14,712 (31 December 2025) and covers an area of 5,548.17 square kilometres (2,142.16 sq mi) of which 4,666.46 km² (1,801.73 sq mi) is water. The population density is 16.64 inhabitants per square kilometre (43.1/sq mi).

Pargas is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 42% Finnish speakers, 53% Swedish speakers, and 5% speakers of other languages.