Raseborg

Raseborg was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Ekenäs, Karis and Pojo were consolidated into a single town, creating the largest Swedish-speaking-majority city of Finland in terms of population. Of these, Ekenäs now serves as the administrative center of Raseborg. The name of the new town is based on the Raseborg Castle located in Ekenäs, or formerly in the municipality of Snappertuna. Historically the name of the county was also Raseborg in the 14th century.

Raseborg covers an area of 2,354.24 square kilometres (908.98 sq mi) of which 1,206.47 km2 (465.82 sq mi) is water. The population density is 23.37 inhabitants per square kilometre (60.5/sq mi).

Raseborg is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 30% Finnish speakers, 63% Swedish speakers, and 6% speakers of other languages.