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{{Short description|Town and former municipality in Uusimaa, Finland}}{{other uses}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Karis
| official_name      = {{lang|sv|Karis stad}}<br />{{lang|fi|Karjaan kaupunki}}
| native_name        = {{lang|sv|Karis}} – {{lang|fi|Karjaa}}
| settlement_type    = Former town
| image_shield       = Karjaa.vaakuna.svg
| image_map          = Karjaa.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
| image_skyline      = Karis järnvägsstation.jpg
| image_caption      = Karjaa train station
| mapsize            = 150px
| map_caption        = Location of Karis in [[Finland]]
| pushpin_mapsize    = 150px
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Finland]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Regions of Finland|Region]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Uusimaa]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Sub-regions of Finland|Sub-region]]
| subdivision_name2  = Ekenäs sub-region
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1930
| established_title2 = [[Town privileges]]
| established_date2  = 1977
| extinct_title      = Consolidated
| extinct_date       = 2009
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="total_area">{{Cite web |url= http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta_alat_kunnittain_01012008.pdf |title= Area by municipality as of {{#time: j F Y|2008-01-01}} |access-date={{#time: j F Y|2010-11-23}} |publisher= Land Survey of Finland |format= PDF |language= fi, sv}}</ref>
| area_total_km2     = 214.76
| area_land_km2      = 196.82
| area_water_km2     = 17.94
| population_as_of   = 2008-12-31
| population_footnotes = <ref name="population_count">{{Cite web|url=http://www.vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/029EEED89C84611BC22575350052CE3A/$file/081231.html |title=Population by municipality as of {{#time: j F Y|2008-12-31}} |access-date={{#time: j F Y|2010-11-23}} |work=Population Information System |publisher=Population Register Center of Finland |language=fi, sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202145510/http://vrk.fi/vrk/files.nsf/files/029EEED89C84611BC22575350052CE3A/%24file/081231.html |archive-date=2010-12-02 }}</ref>
| population_total   = 9155
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = [[Languages of Finland|Population by native language]]
| demographics1_title1 = [[Finnish language|Finnish]]
| demographics1_info1 = 38% (official)
| demographics1_title2 = [[Finland Swedish|Swedish]]
| demographics1_info2 = 59% (official)
| demographics1_info3 = %
| demographics1_info4 = %
| demographics2_title1 = 0 to 14
| demographics2_info1 = %
| demographics2_title2 = 15 to 64
| demographics2_info2 = %
| demographics2_title3 = 65 or older
| demographics2_info3 = %
| blank1_name        = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank1_info        = [[Humid continental climate#Mild/cool summer subtype|Dfb]]
| timezone           = [[Eastern European Time|EET]]
| utc_offset         = +2
| timezone_DST       = [[Eastern European Summer Time|EEST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +3
| coordinates        = {{coord|60|04|15|N|023|39|45|E|region:FI|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = Postal code
}}

'''Karis''' ({{IPA|sv-FI|ˈkɑːris|lang|Karis.ogg}}; {{langx|fi|Karjaa}} {{IPA|fi|ˈkɑrjɑː|}}) is a [[List of cities and towns in Finland|town]] and [[List of former municipalities of Finland|former municipality]] in [[Finland]]. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with [[Ekenäs (Finland)|Ekenäs]] and [[Pohja]] to form the new municipality of [[Raseborg]] ({{langx|fi|Raasepori}}).

It is located in the [[provinces of Finland|Finnish province]] of [[Southern Finland]] and is part of [[Uusimaa]], one of the [[regions of Finland]]. The town had a population of 9,155 (as of 31 December 2008) and covered a land area of {{convert|196.82|km2}}. The [[population density]] was {{convert|46.51|PD/km2}}.

The municipality was [[bilingual]], with a majority (59%) being [[Swedish language]] speakers and a minority (38%) being [[Finnish language]] speakers.

[[Karis railway station]] is on both the ''{{lang|fi|[[Rantarata]]}}'' line, connecting [[Helsinki Central railway station]] and [[Turku Central railway station]]; and on the [[Hanko–Hyvinkää railway]] where it is the junction station for branch line services to [[Hanko railway station]]. By driving along the [[Finnish national road 51|national road 51]] to [[Helsinki]], the minimum distance is about 75 kilometers.

Stage magician [[Simo Aalto]] came from the town.

==See also==
*[[Ingå]]
*[[Junkarsborg]]
*[[Virkkala]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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<!-- Deleted image removed: Image:pumpviken1.jpg|Pumpviken, a park in the middle of Karis. -->
Image: Tk3 1170 Karjaalla.JPG|[[VR Class Tk3]] steam locomotive no. 1170 in Karis
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{{Raseborg Cityscape}}
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[[Category:Former municipalities of Finland]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1930]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2009]]
[[Category:2009 disestablishments in Finland]]
[[Category:Raseborg]]

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