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Kimitoön

Coordinates: 60°10′N 022°44′E / 60.167°N 22.733°E / 60.167; 22.733
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Kimitoön
KimitoönKemiönsaari
Municipality
Kimitoöns kommun
Kemiönsaaren kunta
An old sauna, Sagalund outdoor museum, Kimito, Finland
An old sauna, Sagalund outdoor museum, Kimito, Finland
Flag of Kimitoön
Coat of arms of Kimitoön
Location of Kimitoön in Finland
Location of Kimitoön in Finland
Coordinates: 60°10′N 022°44′E / 60.167°N 22.733°E / 60.167; 22.733
Country Finland
RegionSouthwest Finland
Sub-regionÅboland–Turunmaa sub-region
Charter2009
Government
 • Municipal managerErika Strandberg
Area
 (2018-01-01)[1]
 • Total2,800.99 km2 (1,081.47 sq mi)
 • Land686.91 km2 (265.22 sq mi)
 • Water2,113.94 km2 (816.20 sq mi)
 • Rank123rd largest in Finland
Population
 (2024-08-31)[2]
 • Total6,425
 • Rank142nd largest in Finland
 • Density9.35/km2 (24.2/sq mi)
Population by native language
 • Swedish66.2% (official)
 • Finnish30%
 • Others3.7%
Population by age
 • 0 to 1411.9%
 • 15 to 6453.3%
 • 65 or older34.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.kimitoon.fi

Kimitoön (Finnish: Kemiönsaari) is a municipality and island of Finland. It was created on 1 January 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 6,425 (31 August 2024)[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 9.35 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.2/sq mi). The actual island is the largest coastal island of Finland with an 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.

Kimitoön is a bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish as its official languages. The population consists of 30% Finnish speakers, 66% Swedish speakers, and 4% speakers of other languages.

Politics

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Results of the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election in Kimitoön:[5]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Finland's preliminary population figure was 5,625,011 at the end of August 2024". Population structure. Statistics Finland. 24 September 2024. ISSN 1797-5395. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Population according to age (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Kemiönsaari, tulokset puolueittain". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi.
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