City Centre, Turku
{{Short description|Ward of Turku, Finland}}
City Centre ({{Lang|fi|Keskusta}} in Finnish, {{Lang|sv|Centrum}} in Swedish) is a ward ({{Lang|fi|suuralue}}, {{Lang|sv|storområde}}) of Turku, Finland, also known as Ward 1. The ward's boundaries correspond approximately to those of the city's central business district, and it borders all the other wards of Turku except for Maaria-Paattinen (Ward 9).
The City Centre ward is the largest ward in Turku, with a population of 51,471 ({{As of|2004|lc=on}}) and an annual population change of -0.29%. 7.70% of the ward's population are under 15 years old, while 20.19% are over 65. The ward's linguistic makeup is 88.96% Finnish, 8.49% Swedish, and 2.55% other.
Districts
The ward consists of 22 districts, which is more than any other ward in Turku. Five of the districts are divided between City Centre and another ward.
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- I District
- II District
- III District
- IV District - Martti (Martins)
- V District - Itäranta (Öststranden)
- VI District
- VII District
- VIII District - Port Arthur
- IX District - Länsiranta (Väststranden)
- Iso-Heikkilä (Storheikkilä)
- Korppolaismäki (Korppolaisbacken)
- Kupittaa (Kuppis)
- Kurjenmäki (Tranbacken)
- Kähäri{{ref|1|1}}
- Mäntymäki (Tallbacka)
- Pihlajaniemi (Rönnudden){{ref|2|2}}
- Pitkämäki{{ref|3|3}} (Långbacka)
- Pohjola (Norrstan)
- Port of Turku (Turun satama/Åbo hamn)
- Raunistula{{ref|4|4}}
- Vähäheikkilä (Lillheikkilä)
- Vätti{{ref|1|1}}
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=Notes=
- {{note|1|1}} The districts of Kähäri and Vätti are divided between City Centre and Kuninkoja.
- {{note|2|2}} The district of Pihlajaniemi is divided between City Centre and Uittamo-Skanssi.
- {{note|3|3}} The district of Pitkämäki is divided between City Centre, Kuninkoja, and Naantalintie.
- {{note|4|4}} The district of Raunistula is divided between City Centre and Tampereentie.