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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.

Kimitoön Kimitoön – Kemiönsaari
Municipality
Kimitoöns kommun Kemiönsaaren kunta
An old sauna, Sagalund outdoor museum, Kimito, Finland
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Kimitoön in Finland
Coordinates: 60°10′N 022°44′E
Country	Finland
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)
• Rank	123rd largest in Finland
Population (2021-12-31)[2]
• Total	6,617
• Rank	141st largest in Finland
• Density	9.63/km² (24.9/sq mi)
Population by native language [3]
• Swedish	71.4% (official)
• Finnish	27.4%
• Others	1.2%
Population by age [4]
• 0 to 14	11.9%
• 15 to 64	53.3%
• 65 or older	34.8%
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 6,617 (31 December 2021)[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 9.63 inhabitants per square kilometre (24.9/sq mi). Actual island is the largest coastal island of Finland with the 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 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%

Gallery

Bengtskär Lighthouse
Strömma Canal
Restaurant Hotel Villa Felix
The Obelisk of Kimito Church
Västanfjärd Old Church

References

"Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
"Preliminary population structure by area, 2021M01*-2021M12*". StatFin (in Finnish). Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
"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 (1-year) and sex by area and the regional division of each statistical reference year, 2003–2020". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
"List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2021" (PDF). Tax Administration of Finland. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
"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)

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Finland	Archipelago Sea Islands Åland Utö Eugmo Hailuoto Kallankari Islands Kaskinen Kaunissaari Kimitoön Kotkansaari Kulosaari Laajasalo Larsmo Lauttasaari Mustikkamaa Pellinki Replot Suomenlinna
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v t e Municipalities of Southwest Finland
Municipalities	Aura Kaarina Kimitoön Koski Tl Kustavi Laitila Lieto Loimaa Marttila Masku Mynämäki Naantali Nousiainen Oripää Paimio Pargas Pyhäranta Pöytyä Raisio Rusko Salo Sauvo Somero Taivassalo Turku Uusikaupunki Vehmaa
Former municipalities	Alastaro Angelniemi Askainen Dragsfjärd Halikko Hitis Houtskär Iniö Kakskerta Kalanti Karinainen Karjala Karuna Kimito Kiikala Kisko Korpo Kuusisto Kuusjoki Lemu Loimaan kunta Lokalahti Maaria Mellilä Merimasku Metsämaa Mietoinen Muurla Naantalin maalaiskunta Nagu Paattinen Pargas landskommun Perniö Pertteli Piikkiö Pyhämaa Rymättylä Särkisalo Somerniemi Suomusjärvi Tarvasjoki Uskela Uudenkaupungin maalaiskunta Vahto Västanfjärd Velkua Yläne
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На других языках

[de] Kimitoön

Kimitoön (schwedisch) bzw. Kemiönsaari [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˈkemiønˌsɑːri] (finnisch) ist eine Gemeinde in der südwestfinnischen Landschaft Varsinais-Suomi. Sie entstand zum Jahresbeginn 2009 durch den Zusammenschluss der Gemeinden Kimito (Kemiö), Dragsfjärd und Västanfjärd.

- [en] Kimitoön

[ru] Кимиёнсаари

Кимиёнсаари (швед. Kimitoön, фин. Kemiönsaari) — община в провинции Исконная Финляндия, губерния Западная Финляндия, Финляндия. Общая площадь территории — 2800,87 км², из которых 2113,94 км² — вода. Размещается на шхерных островах, самым большим из которых является остров Чимиту.

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