Kimitoön | |
Official Name: | Swedish: Kimitoöns kommun Finnish: Kemiönsaaren kunta |
Native Name: | Swedish: Kimitoön – Finnish: Kemiönsaari |
Settlement Type: | Municipality |
Flag Size: | 120x80px |
Coordinates: | 60.1667°N 66°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Finland |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Southwest Finland |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
Subdivision Name2: | Åboland–Turunmaa sub-region |
Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
Leader Name: | Erika Strandberg |
Established Title: | Charter |
Established Date: | 2009 |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +02:00 |
Timezone Dst: | EEST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +03:00 |
Website: | www.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 Archipelago Sea in the Southwest Finland region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of NaNKimitoön}} of which NaNKimitoön}} is water. The population density is NaNKimitoön. Actual island is the largest coastal island of Finland with the area of . It is situated in the Southwest Finland region in 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 Finnish speakers, Swedish speakers, and speakers of other languages.
Results of the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election in Kimitoön:[1]