Dragsfjärd

Dragsfjärds kommun Dragsfjärdin kunta
Coat of Arms Location
Province	Western Finland
Region	Southwest Finland
Sub-region	Åboland
Area - Of which land - Rank	274.95 km² 266.78 km² ranked 298th
Population - Density - Change - Rank	3,378 (2004) 12.7 inh./km² - 1.2% ranked 274th
Urbanisation	62.7%
Unemployment	8.3%
Official languages	Swedish, Finnish
Municipal manager	Klas Nyström
Home page	http://www.dragsfjard.fi

Dragsfjärd is a former municipality of Finland. On January 1, 2009, it was consolidated with Kimito and Västanfjärd to form the new municipality of Kimitoön.

It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southwest Finland region. The municipality had a population of 3,378 (2004-12-31) and covered an area of 274.95 km² of which 8.17 km² is water. The population density was 12.66 inhabitants per km².

Western part of the municipality belongs to the Southwestern Archipelago National Park and forms the eastern part of the park.

The municipality was bilingual with 76% of the population being Swedish speakers and 21% being Finnish speakers.

People from Dragsfjärd

• Artur Wuorimaa (1854 – 1921)
• Gottfrid Lindström (1887 – 1975)
• Olavi Saarinen (1923 – 1979)
• Conny Karlsson (1975 – )

External links

Media related to Dragsfjärd at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website – in Swedish and Finnish