Raseborg

Infobox City
official_name = City of Raseborg
native_name = Raseborgs stad – Raaseporin kaupunki
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image_shield = Raasepori.vaakuna.svg


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map_caption = Location of Raseborg in Northern Europe
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Finland
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = Southern Finland
subdivision_type2 = Region
subdivision_name2 = Nyland
subdivision_type3 = Sub-region
subdivision_name3 = Ekenäs
leader_title = City manager
leader_name = Mårten Johansson
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established_title = Charter
established_date = 2009
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area_total_km2 = 2178.3
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area_land_km2 = 1144.32
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area_water_km2 = 39.18
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population_as_of = 2007
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population_total = 28,700
population_density_km2 = 13.2
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blank_name =Official languages |blank_info =Swedish, Finnish
timezone = CET
utc_offset = +2
timezone_DST = CEST
utc_offset_DST = +3
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website = [http://www.raseborg.fi www.raseborg.fi]
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Raseborg, or Raasepori in Finnish, is a new town in Finland to be created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Karis and Pohja are united into a single town. [cite web |url= http://www.yle.fi/news/left/id62904.html|title= Local Councils Vote to in Favour of Municipal Merger|accessdate=2007-06-19 |date=2007-06-19|work=Yle.fi |publisher=YLE]

The name of the new town is based on the Castle of Raseborg located in Ekenäs, or formerly in the municipality of "Snappertuna". Historically the name of the county was also Raseborg in the 14th century.

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