Kimitoön

This article is about the municipality of Finland. For other uses, see Kimitoön (island).
Kimitoön
Kimitoön – Kemiönsaari
Municipality
Kimitoöns kommun
Kemiönsaaren kunta

Coat of arms

Location of Kimitoön in Finland
Coordinates: 60°10′N 022°44′E / 60.167°N 22.733°E / 60.167; 22.733Coordinates: 60°10′N 022°44′E / 60.167°N 22.733°E / 60.167; 22.733
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 (2016-03-31)[2]
 • Total 6,906
 • Rank 145th largest in Finland
 • Density 10.05/km2 (26.0/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 6,906 (31 March 2016)[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 10.05 inhabitants per square kilometre (26.0/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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Ennakkoväkiluku sukupuolen mukaan alueittain, maaliskuu.2016" (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ vaalit.fi
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