Kimitoön
| Kimitoön Kimitoön – Kemiönsaari | ||
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| Municipality | ||
| Kimitoöns kommun Kemiönsaaren kunta | ||
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 Location of Kimitoön in Finland | ||
| Coordinates: 60°10′N 022°44′E / 60.167°N 22.733°ECoordinates: 60°10′N 022°44′E / 60.167°N 22.733°E | ||
| Country | Finland | |
| Region | Southwest Finland | |
| Sub-region | Åboland–Turunmaa sub-region | |
| Charter | 2009 | |
| Government | ||
| • Municipal manager | Anneli Pahta | |
| Area (2011-01-01)[1] | ||
| • Total | 2,800.87 km2 (1,081.42 sq mi) | |
| • Land | 686.93 km2 (265.23 sq mi) | |
| • Water | 2,113.94 km2 (816.20 sq mi) | |
| Area rank | 23rd largest in Finland | |
| Population (2015-06-30)[2] | ||
| • Total | 6,949 | |
| • Rank | 145th largest in Finland | |
| • Density | 10.12/km2 (26.2/sq mi) | |
| Population by native language[3] | ||
| • Swedish | 71.4% (official) | |
| • Finnish | 27.4% (official) | |
| • Others | 1.2% | |
| Population by age[4] | ||
| • 0 to 14 | 14.4% | |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.3% | |
| • 65 or older | 25.3% | |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EEST (UTC+3) | |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% | |
| Website | www.kimitoon.fi | |
Kimitoön (Finnish: Kemiönsaari) is a municipality of Finland. It was created on January 1, 2009, when the municipalities of Dragsfjärd, Kimito and Västanfjärd were consolidated into a single municipality.
The municipality is located in the Archipelago Sea in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 6,949 (30 June 2015)[2] and covers an area of 2,800.87 square kilometres (1,081.42 sq mi) of which 2,113.94 km2 (816.20 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 10.12 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.2/sq mi).
Kimitoön is bilingual with the majority speaking Swedish and a minority Finnish as their native language.
Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2015 in Kimitoön:[6]
- Swedish People's Party 49.6%
- Social Democratic Party 13.0%
- Left Alliance 9.7%
- True Finns 6.7%
- Centre Party 10.4%
- National Coalition Party 5.4%
- Green League 3.8%
- Christian Democrats 0.8%
- Other parties 0.6%
References
- 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- 1 2 "VÄESTÖTIETOJÄRJESTELMÄ REKISTERITILANNE 30.06.2015" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Register Center of Finland. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ↑ "Population according to language and the number of foreigners and land area km2 by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ↑ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ↑ vaalit.fi
External links
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kimitoön. |
Media related to Kimitoön at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kimitoön – Official website (Swedish) (Finnish)
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