Kimitoön

Coordinates: 60°10′N 022°44′E / 60.167°N 22.733°E / 60.167; 22.733
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Kimitoön
Kimitoön – Kemiönsaari
Municipality
Kimitoöns kommun
Kemiönsaaren kunta
An old sauna, Sagalund outdoor museum, Kimito, Finland
An old sauna, Sagalund outdoor museum, Kimito, Finland
Population by age
[4]
 • 0 to 1411.9%
 • 15 to 6453.3%
 • 65 or older34.8%
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+03:00 (EEST)
Websitewww.kimitoon.fi

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.

The municipality is located in the

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 a

bilingual municipality with Finnish and Swedish
as its official languages. The population consists of 30% Finnish speakers, 67% Swedish speakers, and 3% speakers of other languages.

Politics

Results of the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election in Kimitoön:[6]

Gallery

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Area of Finnish Municipalities 1.1.2018" (PDF). National Land Survey of Finland. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Immigration record high in Finland in 2023". StatFin. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Demographic Structure by area as of 31 December 2022". Statistics Finland's PX-Web databases. Statistics Finland. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ a b "Luettelo kuntien ja seurakuntien tuloveroprosenteista vuonna 2023". Tax Administration of Finland. 14 November 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Kemiönsaari, tulokset puolueittain". tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi.

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kimitoön.

Media related to Kimitoön at Wikimedia Commons


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