Nagu

Also known as Nauvo

thumb|Nagu, Finland Nagu (; ) is a former municipality and parish of Finland. On 1 January 2009, it was consolidated with Houtskär, Iniö, Korpo and Pargas to form the new town of Väståboland. On 1 January 2012 the name Väståboland was changed to Pargas.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Nagu
Settlement.native_name: –
Settlement.settlement_type: Former municipality
Settlement.image_shield: Nagu.vapen.Nauvo.vaakuna.svg
Settlement.image_map: Nauvo.sijainti.suomi.2008.svg
Settlement.mapsize: 150px
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Nagu in Finland
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 150px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Finland
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Southwest Finland
Settlement.extinct_title: Consolidated
Settlement.extinct_date: 2009
Settlement.area_total_km2: 1698.44
Settlement.area_land_km2: 246.88
Settlement.area_water_km2: 1451.56
Settlement.population_as_of: 2008-12-31

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1461
Area: 1698.44
Official website: www.nagu.fi
Image: Nagu (1).jpg

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Commons category: Nagu
IPA transcription: nɑːɡʉ

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Contents

Population
Dialect
Services
Sights
Churches and chapels in Nagu
Kyrkbacken - the centre of Nagu
The rest of Nagu
Connections
See also
References
External links

Nagu consists of two main islands (Lillandet and Storlandet) and 1500–3000 smaller islands and skerries located south of Turku in the province of Western Finland in the region of Southwest Finland. The Nagu archipelago is part of the world's largest brackish water archipelago with 100 000 islands, islets and skerries in Sweden, Finland and Estonia. The total area of Nagu is 1 698,44 km2, of which the land area is only , or less than 15%.