| Liljendal | |
| Official Name: | Swedish: Liljendal kommun Finnish: Liljendalin kunta |
| Settlement Type: | Former municipality |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 150px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Finland |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Uusimaa |
| Subdivision Type2: | Sub-region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Loviisa sub-region |
| Leader Title: | Municipal manager |
| Leader Name: | Sten Frondén |
| Established Title: | Charter |
| Established Date: | 1914 |
| Extinct Title: | Consolidated |
| Extinct Date: | 2010 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 119.64 |
| Area Land Km2: | 113.67 |
| Area Water Km2: | 5.97 |
| Population As Of: | 2009-12-31 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1472 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Population by native language |
| Demographics1 Footnotes: | [3] |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Finnish |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 23.8% (official) |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Swedish |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 74.9% (official) |
| Demographics1 Info3: | % |
| Demographics1 Title4: | Others |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 1.3% |
| Demographics2 Title1: | 0 to 14 |
| Demographics2 Info1: | % |
| Demographics2 Title2: | 15 to 64 |
| Demographics2 Info2: | % |
| Demographics2 Title3: | 65 or older |
| Demographics2 Info3: | % |
| Blank1 Name: | Climate |
| Blank1 Info: | Dfb |
| Timezone: | EET |
| Utc Offset: | +2 |
| Timezone Dst: | EEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +3 |
| Coordinates: | 60.575°N 29.5°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Website: | www.liljendal.fi |
Liljendal is a former municipality of Finland.
It is located in the province of Southern Finland and was part of the Eastern Uusimaa region. The municipality had a population of 1,472 (31 December 2009) and covered an area of of which 5.97km2 is water. The population density was .
The municipality was bilingual, with majority (74.9%) being Swedish and minority (23.8%) Finnish speakers. The municipality has previously also been known as Liljentaali in Finnish documents.[4]
Liljendal was consolidated to Loviisa, together with Pernå and Ruotsinpyhtää, on January 1, 2010.
Liljendal was originally the name of a seat farm (säteri) in the village of Sävträsk. Its name may have been derived from that of an old Cistercian monastery in Lower Saxony, Lilienthal. At the time, it was a part of the Pernå (Pernaja) parish. The name got its current meaning when the seat farm and nine villages near it became their own chapel community in 1791.[5] Liljendal became a separate parish in 1914.[6]