Kimitoön

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°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 km^2 (1,081.42 sq mi)
• Land	686.93 km^2 (265.23 sq mi)
• Water	2,113.94 km^2 (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/km^2 (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]

• 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. "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (PDF) (in Finnish and Swedish). Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
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

External links

Media related to Kimitoön at Wikimedia Commons

• Municipality of Kimitoön – Official website (Swedish) (Finnish)