Kimitoön Explained

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.

Politics

Results of the 2015 Finnish parliamentary election in Kimitoön:[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kemiönsaari, tulokset puolueittain. tulospalvelu.vaalit.fi.