Dragsfjärd

Coordinates: 60°04′20″N 022°28′10″E / 60.07222°N 22.46944°E / 60.07222; 22.46944
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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 inhabitants/km2
- 1.2%
ranked
274th
Urbanisation
62.7%
Unemployment 8.3%
Official languages Swedish, Finnish
Municipal manager
Klas Nyström
Home page https://web.archive.org/web/20050814235403/http://www.dragsfjard.fi/

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

It is located in the

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

Swedish speakers and 21% being Finnish
speakers.

People from Dragsfjärd

External links

Media related to Dragsfjärd at Wikimedia Commons

60°04′20″N 022°28′10″E / 60.07222°N 22.46944°E / 60.07222; 22.46944