Kimitoön (island)

An old sauna, Sagalund outdoor museum, Kimito, Finland

Kimitoön (Finnish: Kemiönsaari) is the largest coastal island of Finland with the area of 524 square kilometres (202 sq mi). It is situated in the Southwest Finland region in Western Finland province. The island has a population of 7,500 divided between the two municipalities: Kimitoön and Salo of which Salo is mostly located on the mainland. The island is bilingual, the majority speaks Swedish.

Inhabited islands in the Baltic Sea

Denmark	Bornholm Ertholmene Falster Lolland Møn

Estonia	Abruka Aegna Hiiumaa Kassari Kesselaid Kihnu Kõinastu Manilaid Mohni Muhu Naissaar Prangli Osmussaar Ruhnu Saaremaa Väike-Pakri Vilsandi Vormsi

Finland	Archipelago Sea Islands (Åland Islands) Hailuoto Kimitoön Laajasalo Lauttasaari Replot Suomenlinna

Germany	Dänholm Fehmarn Hiddensee Poel Rügen Ummanz Usedom

Poland	Uznam Wolin

Russia	Kotlin

Sweden	Blekinge archipelago Furillen Fårö Gotland Stora Karlsö Stockholm archipelago Öland

Coordinates: 60°9′22″N 22°42′32″E / 60.15611°N 22.70889°E / 60.15611; 22.70889

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