Merimasku

Merimaskun kunta
Former municipality

The Merimasku Church, one of the oldest remaining wooden churches in Finland
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Southwest Finland
Sub-region Turku
Merged with Naantali January 1, 2009
Government
  City manager Juhani Kylämäkilä
Area
  Total 51.12 km2 (19.74 sq mi)
  Land 50.41 km2 (19.46 sq mi)
  Water 0.71 km2 (0.27 sq mi)
Area rank 417th
Population (2003)
  Total 1,508
  Rank 382nd
  Density 29/km2 (76/sq mi)
  +2.7 % change
Time zone EET (UTC+2)
  Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3)
Official languages Finnish
Urbanisation 57.9%
Unemployment rate 6.1%
Website http://www.merimasku.fi/

Merimasku (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈmeriˌmɑsku]) is a former municipality of Finland. It was, together with Rymättylä and Velkua, consolidated with the town of Naantali on January 1, 2009.[1]

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 1,513 (31 December 2004) and covered an area of 51.12 km² (excluding sea) of which 0.71 km² is inland water.[2] The population density was 30.01 inhabitants per km².

The municipality was unilingually Finnish.

References

  1. "Naantali merge information". City of Naantali (in Finnish). Retrieved 2008-08-17.
  2. "Ranking of Finnish municipalities by area" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland (in Finnish - main website has some pages in English). Retrieved 2008-08-17.

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Coordinates: 60°28′55″N 021°52′15″E / 60.48194°N 21.87083°E / 60.48194; 21.87083


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