Merimasku

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Merimaskun kunta
—  Former municipality  —
The Merimasku Church, one of the oldest remaining wooden churches in Finland
Country Finland
Province Western Finland
Region Finland Proper
Sub-region Turku
Merged with Naantali January 1, 2009
Government
 • City manager Juhani Kylämäkilä
Area
 • Total 51.12 km2 (19.7 sq mi)
 • Land 50.41 km2 (19.5 sq mi)
 • Water 0.71 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Area rank 417th
Population (2003)
 • Total 1,508
 • Rank 382nd
 • Density 29.5/km2 (76.4/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 Finland Proper 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Naantali merge information". City of Naantali (in Finnish). http://www.naantali.fi/Kunta-info/kuntaliitosselvitys/fi_FI/etusivu/. Retrieved 2008-08-17. 
  2. ^ "Ranking of Finnish municipalities by area". National Land Survey of Finland (in Finnish - main website has some pages in English). http://www.maanmittauslaitos.fi/Pintaalat_kunnittain_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2008-08-17. [dead link]

[edit] External links

Media related to Merimasku at Wikimedia Commons

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

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