Kimitoön
Kimitoön (Finnish: Kemiönsaari) is a municipality of Finland. It was created on 1 January 2009, when the municipalities of Dragsfjärd, Kimito and Västanfjärd were consolidated into a single municipality.
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 | |
| Country | |
| Region | Southwest Finland |
| Sub-region | Åboland–Turunmaa sub-region |
| Charter | 2009 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal manager | Anneli Pahta |
| Area (2018-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,800.99 km2 (1,081.47 sq mi) |
| • Land | 686.93 km2 (265.23 sq mi) |
| • Water | 2,113.94 km2 (816.20 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 123rd largest in Finland |
| Population (2020-07-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,657 |
| • Rank | 142nd largest in Finland |
| • Density | 9.69/km2 (25.1/sq mi) |
| Population by native language | |
| • Swedish | 71.4% (official) |
| • Finnish | 27.4% |
| • Others | 1.2% |
| Population by age | |
| • 0 to 14 | 14.4% |
| • 15 to 64 | 60.3% |
| • 65 or older | 25.3% |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (EEST) |
| Municipal tax rate[5] | 19.75% |
| Website | www.kimitoon.fi |
The municipality is located in the Archipelago Sea in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of 6,657 (31 July 2020)[2] and covers an area of 2,800.99 square kilometres (1,081.47 sq mi) of which 2,113.94 km2 (816.20 sq mi) is water.[1] The population density is 9.69 inhabitants per square kilometre (25.1/sq mi).
Kimitoön is bilingual with the majority speaking Swedish and a minority Finnish as their native language.
Politics
Results of the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election 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%
See also
References
- "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- "Suomen virallinen tilasto (SVT): Väestön ennakkotilasto [verkkojulkaisu]. Heinäkuu 2020" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
- "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.
- "Kemiönsaari, tulokset puolueittain". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi.
External links
| Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kimitoön. |
Media related to Kimitoön at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kimitoön – Official website (in Swedish and Finnish)



