Kimitoön
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This article is about the municipality of Finland. For other uses, see Kimitoön (island).
| Kimitoön Kimitoön – Kemiönsaari |
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| Kimitoöns kommun Kemiönsaaren kunta |
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| 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 | Finland Proper | ||
| Sub-region | Åboland–Turunmaa sub-region | ||
| Charter | 2009 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Municipal manager | Tom Simola | ||
| 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 (2012-01-31)[2] | |||
| • Total | 7,165 | ||
| • Rank | 145th largest in Finland | ||
| • Density | 10.43/km2 (27.0/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.
It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Finland Proper region. The municipality has a population of 7,165 (31 January 2012)[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 10.43 inhabitants per square kilometre (27.0 /sq mi).
The municipality is bilingual with majority speaking Swedish and minority Finnish as their native language.
[edit] Politics
Results of the Finnish parliamentary election, 2011 in Kimitoön:
- Swedish People's Party 51.3%
- Social Democratic Party 17.1%
- Left Alliance 7.8%
- True Finns 6.8%
- Centre Party 6.3%
- National Coalition Party 4.6%
- Green League 3.6%
- Christian Democrats 1.1%
- Other parties 1.4%
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Area by municipality as of 1 January 2011" (in Finnish and Swedish) (PDF). Land Survey of Finland. http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/sites/default/files/pinta-alat_2011_kunnannimenmukaan.xls. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Population by municipality as of 31 January 2012" (in Finnish and Swedish). Population Information System. Population Register Center of Finland. http://vrk.fi/default.aspx?docid=5919&site=3&id=0. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "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. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=060_vaerak_tau_107_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+kielen+mukaan+sek%E4+ulkomaan+kansalaisten+m%E4%E4r%E4+ja+maa%2Dpinta%2Dala+alueittain++1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 29 March 2009.
- ^ "Population according to age and gender by area as of 31 December 2008". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. http://pxweb2.stat.fi/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=050_vaerak_tau_104_fi&ti=V%E4est%F6+i%E4n+%281%2Dv%2E%29+ja+sukupuolen+mukaan+alueittain+1980+%2D+2008&path=../Database/StatFin/vrm/vaerak/&lang=3&multilang=fi. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
- ^ "List of municipal and parish tax rates in 2011". Tax Administration of Finland. 29 November 2010. http://www.vero.fi/nc/doc/download.asp?id=7996;193801. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
[edit] External links
Media related to Kimitoön at Wikimedia Commons
- Municipality of Kimitoön – Official website (Swedish) (Finnish)
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